Licensed trainer Daniel Loughnane has been informed that a Disciplinary Panel hearing will be held on 1st August 2013 to consider possible breaches of the Rules of Racing as follows:

1. Is Trainer Daniel Loughnane in breach of Rule (C)54 of the Rules of Racing by virtue of the fact that prohibited substance Acepromazine was found in a blood sample taken from LOGANS LAD (IRE) following a post-stalls test at Wolverhampton racecourse on 28th March 2013?

2. Is Trainer Daniel Loughnane in breach of Rule (A)31.2, in that he deliberately misled, or by an overt act endeavoured to mislead, officials of the Authority:

(a) by instructing a member of his yard staff to provide false, misleading information to a Veterinary Officer of the Authority;
(b) by instructing a member of his yard staff to record a false entry in the medication records and then countersigning that entry, endeavouring to mislead the Authority;
(c) by instructing two members of his yard to provide false and misleading information to Investigating Officers of the Authority, culminating in the two members of staff signing formal statements to this effect; and
(d) by providing false and misleading information to Investigating Officers of the Authority?