Trainer Gordon Elliott will face an independent panel of the British Horseracing Authority today after one of his horses - Zanahiyr - tested positive for a banned substance following last year's Cheltenham Champion Hurdle, in which the horse finished third.
Zanahiyr's post race sample showed the presence of a local anaesthetic used in equine medicine.
The panel will have to decide whether to disqualify the horse and determine Elliott's level of culpability.
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Elliott has trained 150 winners in Ireland this season - a successful return to the sport after he served a six month ban in 2021 for bringing racing into disrepute.
This was after he was pictured sitting on a dead horse.
On the track, there is a meeting at Fairyhouse today from 12.45.
