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Jockey Gearoid Brouder Hit With Four-Year Ban After Failing Dope Test

Irish jockey Gearoid Brouder has been hit with a massive four-year ban, although there is a possibility of the last three being suspended, after he tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine at Gowran Park on May 10.

That positive test came on the same day that Brouder was banned for 21-days under the non-triers rule after finishing fourth aboard the Charles Byrnes-trained Ellaat in a low-grade handicap.

Traces of benzoylecgonine, the cocaine metabolite, were found in a dope test conducted on Brouder at Gowran on the day and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board on Monday announced that the rider's licence would be suspended for up to four years.

The ban will begin on Friday and means that Brouder is now suspended from holding a jockey's and trainer's licence as he is serving a 12-month ban from the training ranks after irregularities arose from a stable inspection last September.

In the case of Ellaat, Byrnes was fined €6,000 despite stating he was not happy with the ride Brouder gave the horse.

The jockey has partnered 26 winners in Ireland and has also sent out two winners as a trainer on the Flat.

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Desert Crown On Course For King George Return

Desert Crown (GB) is set to return from his latest injury setback in Saturday's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco S. as last year's Derby winner is one of 15 runners still in contention for the £1.25 million Ascot contest.

Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, the son of Nathaniel (Ire) stormed to Classic glory at Epsom in 2022 before spending almost a year on the sidelines before making his return in the Brigadier Gerard in May where he finished second to Owen Burrows' reopposing Hukum.

A further setback ruled him out of an intended Royal Ascot engagement but after working well on the Limekilns gallop at Newmarket on Sunday morning, Desert Crown is now on course for a belated appearance at the Berkshire track in search of one of the season's most prestigious prizes.

“He's going OK. He worked yesterday morning and he worked nicely,” said Bruce Raymond, racing manager for owner Saeed Suhail.

“He doesn't do a lot now, but everyone was very pleased. It was good to see him on the grass.”

There could be a rematch between Aidan O'Brien's Derby winner Auguste Rodin and the Epsom runner-up King Of Steel at Ascot. Auguste Rodin, who followed up in the Irish equivalent, is one of six in the mix for Aidan O'Brien, who could also be represented by Luxembourg, Point Lonsdale, Adelaide River, Broome and Bolshoi Ballet.

Defending champion Pyledriver will bid to enhance his fine Ascot record having landed the Hardwicke S. following almost a year off the track during the royal meeting, while John and Thady Gosden's Eclipse runner-up and Coronation Cup winner Emily Upjohn adds further spice to a race which looks like being a high-class renewal.

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‘A Complex Full of the Famous Donny Rockets’ – 450 Yearlings in Premier

The catalogue for the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale, which boasts 450 yearlings set to sell at Doncaster on Aug. 29 and 30, can now be viewed online.

All yearlings sold through the auction will be eligible for the Harry's Half Million, currently known as the Goffs Harry Beeby Premier Yearling S. and re-branded for 2024 in honour of Goffs UK's late Chairman Harry Beeby. Next year's race will still be held at York with a guaranteed prize fund of £500,000.

“The 2023 Premier Sale catalogue remains true to the central pillars of the sale's long enduring philosophy,” Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said. “Buyers already know what they are going to be presented with when they arrive at Doncaster in August–a complex full of precocious, athletic yearlings.To put it another way–a complex full of the famous Donny Rockets.”

Some of the more notable offerings for the sale include a Showcasing (GB) half-sister to the G2 winner Without A Fight (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) out of the G3 winner Khor Sheed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), selling as lot 5; a Siyouni colt out of the G1-placed mare Lady Darshaan (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and a half-brother to the Listed winners Beholding (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Let's Go (Street Cry {Ire}) catalogued as lot 11; a Wootton Bassett (GB) half-brother to the G2 winner Trillium (GB) (No Nay Never) (lot 48); and a Kingman (GB) filly (lot 123) out of the G3 winner mare Queen of Bermuda (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). Other standouts include lot 234, a Sea The Stars (Ire) colt out of a Frankel (GB) half-sister to the G2 winners Spirit Quartz (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Caspian Prince (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) and Tuscan Gaze (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}); and lot 433, a No Nay Never colt out of an Invincible Spirit (Ire) half-sister to the G1 winner Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), the dam of G1 winners Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

“We continue to invest in this sale and its bright future and earlier this year we announced that we are rebranding the sale's long enduring race at York and significantly increasing the guaranteed prize fund,” Kent continued. “For next year's race, for which all yearlings sold this year are eligible to enter, all runners will be racing for their share of £500,000 in the re-branded Harry's Half Million by Goffs.

“When the race was launched over 20 years ago it was Europe's richest 2-year-old race and since then it has been won by some outstanding horses; Acclamation, Dark Angel, Tasleet and Wootton Bassett to name but a few, and increasing the prize fund to £500,000 demonstrates our commitment to the race and the Premier Sale.”

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Loughnane Hoping To Bounce Back Quickly After Thumb Injury

Billy Loughnane says that he will be “pushing to be back as soon as I can” after a thumb injury suffered at Nottingham has left him facing a spell on the sidelines.

The 17-year-old has established himself as one of the rising stars of the weighing room since bursting onto the scene over the winter and is bearing down on a century of winners having continued to have success throughout the summer.

However, his quest for triple figures has been halted following the injury sustained in a stalls incident aboard the Ed Dunlop-trained Lucidity on Friday night.

He said, “I'm taking it day by day and I'll be back as soon as I can. It's obviously frustrating and hard at the minute, watching the horses you could have been on run, but I have had over 500 rides now and been lucky not to pick anything up so far. It's annoying, the timing of it, but it's just one of those things.”

Loughnane could represent Ireland in the Racing League upon his return and is a general 14-1 chance to finish top jockey in the competition.

He added, “I am looking forward to it, to be part of the Racing League is great. Hopefully I'll be there for a few of the meetings. I was born in Ireland and class myself as Irish, so I'm looking forward to representing Ireland.

“Hopefully it can boost me a little bit and give me the chance to ride for a few different trainers and get myself to the next level a little bit. It's hopefully going to be a good place to build contacts and there's great prize-money as well. Fingers crossed, I get a bit of luck and can ride a couple of winners.”

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