The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit announced sanctions Dec. 17 in a resolved case against owner-trainer Stuart Williams after his horse, Pandora’s Gift , tested positive for the controlled medication gabapentin after a third-place finish in the Franklin Stakes (G2T) Oct. 13 at Keeneland.
As part of the sanctions, Pandora’s Gift will be disqualified from that third-place finish. That will result in fourth-place Stone Silent being promoted to third.
Williams will be suspended for seven days beginning Dec. 18, fined $1,000, and see two penalty points assigned to his name. As an owner, he’ll lose out on the $27,375 in purse money Pandora’s Gift would have earned in the Franklin.
An FDA-approved medication, gabapentin, an aminobutyric acid analogue (GABA), is used in humans to reduce the excitability of nerve cells in the brain that play a role in seizures and to relieve nerve pain. In horses it’s used to reduce…
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