Moody takes aim at cobalt rules

Former trainer Peter Moody has spoken out against his cobalt sanction for the first time, claiming a recent move by authorities to review the controversial substance was 'too little, too late'.

Speaking on RSN927 on Saturday morning prior to the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes meeting at Caulfield, Moody said that in 2014 he was a victim of being racing's leading trainer and also of an overreaction from authorities to cobalt.

"Unfortunately, because I was top dog at the time, it made headlines for all the wrong reasons and the authorities wouldn't have a bar of it being anything else," Moody said.

"They (authorities) didn't do their homework. They just didn't do their homework and they just destroyed and wrecked careers.

"At the end of the day, it probably should have been a fine or a minor penalty and let's go away and do some tests on this. Let's not just take the word from one vet that's running rampant through the industry."

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Article written by: Andrew Eddy