Year's ban for Hoad

Thursday 11 April 1996 23:02 BST

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Roger Hoad had his licence withdrawn for just over a year yesterday for misleading Jockey Club officials over a positive test returned by a stable runner.

Elburg, from Hoad's Sussex yard, tested positive for a prohibitive substance after winning at Pontefract last year. The 52-year-old trainer was fined pounds 1,000 and lost his licence to train from next Wednesday.

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