Oxfordshire trainer Eve Johnson Houghton was handed a £1,000 fine by the disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority yesterday as the hearings into positive tests for morphine on eight horses this season came to a conclusion in London.

Earlier this year seven horses tested positive for morphine, including the Queen,'s Estimate, and were all disqualified, but no action was taken against the trainers as it was the BHA,s position that the horses had encountered contaminated feed.

However, an eighth case, concerning the Johnson Houghton-trained Charlie Wells who won at Chepstow in June, was heard separately l, as the other seven had used a Dodson & Horrell product, Alfalfa Oil Plus.

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Johnson Houghton, who trains at Blewbury said: “I’ve been fined. It’s disappointing but there you go, what can you do about it.

“The difference between my case and the others was that I use a straight feed and not a compound. The BHA felt that I should have traced it back further.

“I’m disappointed, but that's a line under the matter now and we can move on.”

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