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A BILLIONAIRE horse trainer famed for his recent 200-1 winner has been banned for three years after 12 of his horses tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Comer was questioned by stewards last month after Navajo River sprung a 200-1 shock at Roscommon.
Billionaire property mogul and horse trainer Comer has been given a three-year ban after 12 of his horses failed drugs tests
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Billionaire property mogul and horse trainer Comer has been given a three-year ban after 12 of his horses failed drugs testsCredit: HEALY RACING
The Irish plasterer-turned-property mogul holds the record for the biggest priced winner in history after 300-1 He Knows No Fear won at Leopardstown in August 2020.
But now multiple websites are reporting his career is in tatters after the bombshell drugs finding - which is on an 'unprecedented' scale.
The Irish Field report that Comer is facing legal costs of around £650,000 on top of the ban.
Incredibly, He Knows No Fear was one of the horses who failed a drugs test.
According to an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board report, He Knows No Fear tested positive after finishing fourth in a Listed race at Leopardstown in October 2021.
A B sample confirmed the original positive.
Out of competition testing took place at Comer's yard on November 10 2021 and 11 further horses tested positive for banned substances.
The horses were Old Tom Higgins, Boxing Hero, Grand D’espagne, Aircraft Carrier, Powerful Don, Wee Jim, Great Moon, Our Man Flint, Questionare, Green Force and Blyton.
A BILLIONAIRE horse trainer famed for his recent 200-1 winner has been banned for three years after 12 of his horses tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Comer was questioned by stewards last month after Navajo River sprung a 200-1 shock at Roscommon.
Billionaire property mogul and horse trainer Comer has been given a three-year ban after 12 of his horses failed drugs tests
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Billionaire property mogul and horse trainer Comer has been given a three-year ban after 12 of his horses failed drugs testsCredit: HEALY RACING
The Irish plasterer-turned-property mogul holds the record for the biggest priced winner in history after 300-1 He Knows No Fear won at Leopardstown in August 2020.
But now multiple websites are reporting his career is in tatters after the bombshell drugs finding - which is on an 'unprecedented' scale.
The Irish Field report that Comer is facing legal costs of around £650,000 on top of the ban.
Incredibly, He Knows No Fear was one of the horses who failed a drugs test.
According to an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board report, He Knows No Fear tested positive after finishing fourth in a Listed race at Leopardstown in October 2021.
A B sample confirmed the original positive.
Out of competition testing took place at Comer's yard on November 10 2021 and 11 further horses tested positive for banned substances.
The horses were Old Tom Higgins, Boxing Hero, Grand D’espagne, Aircraft Carrier, Powerful Don, Wee Jim, Great Moon, Our Man Flint, Questionare, Green Force and Blyton.
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come racing in ireland
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You never, ever, know ....
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3 per cent strike rate in the last 5 years
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Incredibly, He Knows No Fear was one of the horses who failed a drugs test.
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How has it taken 2 years?
And previous to go with it: "It is not the first time Comer has been in hot water with the authorities. In 2017 he was fined €50,000 for a number of breaches of regulation including refusing IHRB officials access to the yard, failing to arrange adequate supervision of his horses, his medicine register not being in order, shortcomings in management structures and his representatives providing false and misleading information regarding the whereabouts of horses." |
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Irish lawyers costs a lot to hire
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Authorities were alerted after noticing Ben Johnson listed as an Assistant trainer.
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Tip of the iceberg to be honest.
It's absolutely rampant on both sides of the Irish Sea and all around the world to be honest. Anyone that thinks it ain't happening, is living in cloud cuckoo land. |
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and oh how they laughed at bolger telling him to put up or shut up, irish racing becoming a laughing stock
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horses tested 2yrs ago and public been allowed to be defrauded ever since..
beggars absolute belief how incompetant these clowns running racing are. |
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Perhaps they have been caught, and they'll get warned off in 2025.
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Anabolic Steroids same as the Godolphin trainer Al Zarooni.
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Not to forget Ken Payne either.
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it was nothing to do with alza rooney
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Same drug used mitolo.
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Trainer disqualified until 2021 by British Horseracing Authority
Zarooni admitted administering anabolic steroids to 15 horses |
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i know that. but he ws the fall guy as the bha couldnt confront the uncomfortable truth that godawful had been bang at it. its risible to suppose this humble geezer, dragged in from nowhere by the tyrant who holds power of life and death over his peasants would then decide, entirely independently and without anyone else knowing, to fill all their horses with the best gear. he would be dead by now if he had
theres a reason the chief towelhead used unknowns like him and dusty-they did what they were told. it was common knowledge that their nags would 'winter' in dobuy and come back looking like drayhorses steroids were not illegal in the gold-plated khazi until they were outlawed well after they were caught everyone in racing knows it but they all shut up because the taps would have been turned off |
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Interesting theory, mitolo.
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Spot on Mitolo.
They got back on it as well, until this business in the American courts when their name came up. And surprisingly, a terrible season. |
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Just out of curiosity.... why take a sample from a horse that came 4th in a listed race?
Is this standard? Why was the horse not tested again when he ran on the 23/10/2021 7 days after he tested positive on 16th October..... Does it take more than a week to test the samples? |
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bit more than a theory-and i dont like that sort of thing but the evidence is strong. a lot of drugged horses-far more than just those detected, were attacked by one geezer without the knowledge of the supremo, or anyone else in the giant team? how likely is that. and roids were leagl there
not likely, if he valued his life. if you so much as mention sheikmo on social media, the secret police turn up and you are sentenced in secret, with no right of appeal for 'crimes' such as touching another man, or kissing in public, or 'bringing shame on the uae'. youd have to be nuts to do what he did given these facts despite supposedly dragging godawfuls name through the sand, he lived peacefully for the next few years in a giant house with his families, despite no discernible income even when they were caught the bha issued a joint statement with godawful-they could not wait to bury it |
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Perhaps we may never know the full facts then.
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you can say that again
unless crisford publishes his memoires posthumously |
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memoirs
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The billionaire Comer who has a decent number of horses in training started doping his horses to land gambles or win prestigious races despite not being a gambling stable and only rarely having runners in big races.
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the irish trainer who won a lot cleaned up at cheltenham and aintree as i said at the time unbelievable he aint won anything since really, its been going on a lot imo
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dont think anybody laughed at Bolger when he came out with those comments about a level playing field in Ireland tbh
more likely he didnt have the definitive proof needed to name these individuals and would have been sued for slander/libel in a court of law, would love to know who these alleged cheats are though - cmon Jim we'll have a whipround if it goes t!ts up on you  |
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Who are you talking about Know All.
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HDB Cherry
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Spot on Mitolo.
A former employee of coolmore wrote a book called the Black Horse. It's available on amazon. Tip.Iceberg. |
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@Doorman.
Don't get it.pls explain or send DM |
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@Doorman.
Don't get it.pls explain or send DM |
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have a half pint of whatever he pumped into He Knows No Fear that day at Leopardstown
rapid headway on outer from 1f out, went 2nd final 100yds, stayed on strongly to lead on line rapid headway ? stayed on strongly ? the things an absolute donkey. |
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Another small trainer has been caught for doping horses in Ireland. It's reassuring IHRB are catching them. However, it seems only small trainers are being caught in Ireland. Is this behaviour small trainers specific?
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Mitolo knows.
They gave Al Zarooni a hotel as 'punishment' FFS!!! |
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Lets put people straight about a few things
Brian and Luke were plasterers from a little town called Glenamaddy in North Galway Daddy won a few bob on the national lottery and got them started and backed them They went over to Germmany and made their lives in the building trade They are now billionaires having worked their nuts off from feck all They own the middle of a failing rural irish town They have put their money back into their roots They are lovely down to earth people ,nice family however they represent a threat to the Coolemoore elite those geysers run the IHRB puppet show Luke couldnt give a toss about the fines but the ban is a tough one he trained horses for the craic and a hobby and put more into the game than he took out he doesnt gamble on his horses because he doesnt have to , unlike the coolemore gang check out the "Comer group" |
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If you knew the lads alright money is the last thing they need so difficult to see the full story here.
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I think you have a small part of that wrong irishone, they left ireland with nothing, and it was their brother who won the lotto, at that stage the two boys were already doing well in the UK.
A few years ago they almost bought Aston Villa. |