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Originally Posted by moodwalker
You know what, I can't be 100% positive and I don't have any links or sources. But in my understanding he was banned from racing in France for life. I'm not too sure what for, but I guess you can draw your own conclusions. I could have completely inaccurate information here, because I heard it from sort of a blowhard. So maybe Biancone just left for greener pastures. I'm not sure why he would though, he was training for the Wildenstein family.
He went to Hong Kong and did pretty good and then a huge majority of his horses got positives for something illegal (they are tough over there)
I heard that he said it was a setup and one of the officials had a relative he wanted to move in as a trainer (the trainers are restricted to around 25 every year) they HKJC banished Biancone and of course the relative moved right into his barn. Also heard that they didn't like him because he married someone from Hong Kong or something along those lines.
here is a link for the HK stuff.... http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/09/07/sport/HORSE.HTM
and another.... http://espn.go.com/horse/columns/misc/1424693.html
The stuff in Europe, who knows?? He did marry a woman who was Miss Hong Kong though. |
I'm sure he was totally innocent. His 26 horses that tested positive in 1996 was a fluke. The ones in 1999 were a set-up. He was totally clean. LOL.