PAUL BITTAR SPEAKS TO CHANNEL 4
On Wednesday 30 July »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â Chief Executive, Paul Bittar, spoke to Channel 4 during Glorious Goodwood, covering various issues including the recent morphine positive samples.
Paul emphasised that »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â cannot rule out the possibility of other positive samples but added that »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â is close to the end of the investigation and all indications suggest the positive samples are due to feed contamination.
He pointed out that as the regulatory body »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â has to see the investigation through to completion without speculating on the possible causes but added that »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â broke with normal protocol to advise the public in advance of the horses being named due the high profile nature of the investigation.
Paul made it clear that small field sizes is not a good advertisement for British racing and it remains his desire for »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â to address the issue of small field sizes and the fixture list to improve competitiveness of British racing.