9:42PM BST 05 Apr 2014
The Grand National was unable to escape the spectre of doping last night after Pineau De Re stormed to victory at rainy Aintree.
The 25-1 shot, ridden by Leighton Aspell, became the first winner of the world’s greatest steeplechase since the drugs scandals which rocked horse racing following last year’s showpiece.
They included the revelation that trainer Philip Fenton had his stables raided for anabolic steroids in Jan 2012, during which time Pineau De Re was under his care. Fenton, who was subsequently charged and faces trial in May, trained the 11-year-old between Feb 2008 and May last year before it was sold to yesterday’s winning trainer Dr Richard Newland.
The horse had its sixth drugs test since 2011 yesterday following its triumph in the first-ever £1 million National, having passed all five previous tests in and out of competition, two of them since transferring to Dr Newland’s yard.
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