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Dubai: Rashid Bouresly, the Dubai-based racehorse trainer whose licence was suspended last month, has seen the decision successfully overturned at appeal.
He will now continue to train his string in the UAE, and also intends to take horses to England and Turkey this summer.
On May 27, a Stewards' Inquiry concluded that Bouresly breached Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) Rule 100 (v) stating that his actions to treat two horses under his care with a vesicant, or blistering agent, to large areas of their upper-body regions, was considered to be mistreatment.
Reinstated
But at an appeal brought by Bouresly and heard on Sunday evening, Bouresly was reinstated.
Vesicants are traditionally used to treat arthritis, tendonitis and splints in racehorses and the trainer had claimed after the original inquiry that it was a remedy used in the racing industry for over 150 years.
"We went to the meeting and we explained our opinion and they asked us some questions and we presented evidence from America, from England and from Kuwait and Bahrain from specialised horse vets that agreed that the vesicant was not restricted," said Bouresly on Monday. "It is the best product for the horses."
Bouresly, whose sprinter Star Crowned finished third in the Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen in March and came a respectable fifth in the Krisflyer International Sprint in Singapore last month, added that he was glad that the inquiry process was in place.
"They treated us in a very respectful way and they listened to what we had to say," he said.
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