A hearing into allegations one of trainer Peter Moody’s horses returned elevated cobalt levels after placing in a major spring carnival race continues on Wednesday.
Moody has pleaded not guilty to three cobalt charges.
The trainer’s lawyer, Matthew Stirling, told Victoria’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Tuesday that Lidari had been given Availa, an oral treatment to help horses with shelly or cracked hooves, in the lead-up to his second place in the 2014 Turnbull Stakes.
Lidari returned levels of 380mcg per litre of urine and 410mcg – well above the legal threshold of 200mcg.
Mr Stirling said tests on the bag of Availa used on Lidari showed higher cobalt levels than stated by the manufacturer.
Trainers Lee and Shannon Hope have appealed their respective three and five-year disqualifications for cobalt use while Mark Kavanagh and Danny O’Brien will learn of their penalties on Friday.
Vet Tom Brennan has admitted adding Vitamin Complex to IV drips given to horses in the Kavanagh and O’Brien stables but has denied knowing it contained high levels of cobalt.
