Cook banned for six months Jockey Danny Cook has been suspended for six months by the British Horseracing Authority after testing positive for a banned substance. Cook has not ridden since he was informed by the BHA last month that he had failed a drugs test. A Cheltenham Festival winner five years ago on Great Endeavour, Cook tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, at Musselburgh on February 1. Cook was told of his penalty at a disciplinary hearing on Thursday. BHA spokesman Robin Mounsey confirmed: "Danny has been banned for six months. "The ban will be backdated to when Danny stopped riding, (which was) February 24."
