Cobalt threshold suffice, says Racing Australia

Racing Australia's veterinary and analysts committee says a cobalt threshold 20 times the average reading produced over the past three years shows that trainers should not be going over the limit.

In a statement released on Thursday, Racing Australia said its VAC reported that "in the period 1 September 2016 [when the revised 100 ug/L threshold was introduced] to September 2019, 42,477 urine tests nationally have produced an average result of 5.1ug/L and only 59 positive samples [0.14%]."

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Article written by: Damien Ractliffe