Opinion
The recent announcement of Harry Charles’ doping case is of concern to riders at all levels. Harry’s horse Vivaldi Du Dom, owned by his Olympic gold medallist father Peter, was found to have trace levels of lidocaine, a topical anaesthetic often included in everyday human skin ointments.
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