Australian racing embroiled in US doping saga

Two drug dealers have been accused of supplying EPO for the administration to horses competing in Australia as part of the doping saga engulfing American racing.

Sarah Izhaki and Ashley Lebowitz were charged on Monday with "engaging in a scheme to distribute misbranded and adulterated performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) for administration to horses competing in Australia, the Middle East, New Jersey and the Southern District of New York."

The Grand Jury charges go onto accuse the mother-daughter couple of being suppliers of various PEDs, in particular EPO, which they allegedly obtained from a Mexican-based drug manufacturing company operating without a licence to import drugs into the United States.

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Article written by: Damien Ractliffe