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Moody denies investigation rumours

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Peter Moody, trainer of Black Caviar, has denied speculation that he's to be investigated over the use of peptides on racehorses.

Moody has already denied that he had ever given his horses steroids, including the recently retired Black Caviar, following the Mahmood Al Zaeooni steroid scandal and has now been moved to refute further rumours.

Moody said he had been contacted in relation to a story on peptide use in racing that appeared in Fairfax Media on Sunday, but that the racing authorities had not contacted him.

He said he felt compelled to defend himself in the face of suggestions made on Racing & Sport radio in Australia that ''some of the biggest and best-known stables in the land'' are under investigation over the use of synthetic peptides, which are at the centre of the scandal that has enveloped the AFL and NRL.

''I can categorically say that I've never used the drugs they are talking about on any horse,'' Moody told The Age on Tuesday. '

'I can also say I wouldn't know the person they say was involved in supplying the drugs to trainers if he was sitting on the bonnet of my car.''