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Article: Greyhound trainer gets tracks ban.
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- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2007
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A greyhound trainer has been banned from every major dog track in the UK after giving potentially fatal drugs to dogs so he could race them while they were still injured.
Professional trainer George Tighe, of Beechwood Crescent, Marley Pots, Sunderland, was found guilty at a National Greyhound Racing Club inquiry of administering the drug methylprednisolone.
The medication - which is used to reduce inflammation and can mask injuries - was given to a dog called Givehimahammer before a race in March.
Tighe was also found guilty of failing to seek veterinary examination when the greyhound was lame and treating it when he was not qualified to do so ...