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"Breaches to welfare"
A possible ban of up to 10 years for Johnson.
Johnson will face a BHA hearing provisionally set for February 10 after admitting running Striking Article in eight races after the horse had undergone a neurectomy, the severing of nervous connection to the lower leg to cause numbness. The neurectomy, which is banned on welfare grounds as it may cause horses to continue running through pain which they would normally feel, was discovered in a post mortem after Striking Article was put down after being injured in a claiming chase at Musselburgh in February last year. http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...es/806744/top/ |