McLean Stood Down
- Friday, 16 April 2010 03:31
On the eve of the 2010 Victorian Jumps Racing season, leading jumps jockey Brad McLean has been stood down with immediate effect after returning a positive sample to an anorectic substance.
McLean produced the sample at Oakbank on their Easter Monday meeting (April 5).
TRSA Stewards have not specified what anorectic substance has been discovered in McLean’s sample.
In the meantime, McLean will not be able to ride in trackwork, trials and races until he provides a sample which is clear of any prohibited substance.
An inquiry into McLean’s sample will be conducted at a date yet to be fixed.
McLean only rode in two races over the Easter Carnival at Oakbank and on both occasions he rode the Ciaron Maher-trained Pentacolo.
Pentacolo carried 68kg when second in the $100,000 Von Doussa Steeple (3250m) on April 3 and then rode one kilo heavier two days later in the $166,000 Scott Group of Companies Great Eastern Steeplechase (4950m).
McLean was not booked to ride any runners at Hamilton this upcoming weekend.
McLean’s positive sample comes almost a fortnight after it was revealed fellow jumps jockey Paul Hamblin failed a breath test at Oakbank the same day.
Prior to the first race Hamblin provided a sample which exceeded the .02% blood alcohol limit permitted for jockeys.
As a result, Hamblin was stood down from his commitments for the remainder of the day and at a later stewards hearing he was suspended for 27 days and fined $5,000.
Picture: Fiona Tomlin
