Horse racing

Japan's Deep Impact has been stripped of his third place at last month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after testing positive for a banned substance, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) said yesterday. Traces of ipratropium, an inhaled medication that aids...

Japan's Deep Impact has been stripped of his third place at last month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after testing positive for a banned substance, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) said yesterday. Traces of ipratropium, an inhaled medication that aids breathing, had been found in the horse's urine samples following tests carried out after the Oct. 1 race in Paris. French racing authorities also fined Deep Impact's trainer Yasuo Ikee 15,000 euros for his part in one of the most embarrassing scandals to hit Japanese racing.

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