Rider blames horse licking show staff member’s hands for positive dope test

The rider of a horse who tested positive for a banned painkiller believes the result was caused by the horse’s licking a member of show staff during a prizegiving ceremony.

The FEI Tribunal has banned Swiss showjumper Nadja Peter Steiner for two years, after her ride Saura De Fondcombe tested positive for painkiller o-desmethyltramadol, the major metabolite of tramadol and a prohibited substance.

The then 11-year-old mare was tested at a CSI3* event in Morocco, in October 2017. Another test five days later was negative.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones