A person charged in relation to the Sam Kavanagh cobalt case asked a compounding chemist as early as 2012 about the effects of cobalt on horses.
Aaron Corby, who is now the practice manager at the Flemington Equine Clinic, emailed pharmacist Nick Bova asking his opinion on the use of cobalt and whether he could source it.
Bova, who specialises in equine products, told the Racing NSW stewards inquiry on Tuesday the recommendation was that it should not be used in racehorses.
Corby and Dr Tom Brennan, a partner in the Flemington Equine Clinic, face charges relating to the elevated cobalt levels found in horses in Sam Kavanagh’s stable.
Brennan has also been charged in relation to high cobalt levels returned by horses from the Flemington stables of Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh, Sam Kavanagh’s father.
Sam Kavanagh has told the inquiry he paid the clinic for a substance called Vitamin Complex but did not know it contained cobalt.
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