Loughnane facing BHA ban Mark Loughnane, who now trains in Staffordshire in the UK, faces the prospect of losing his licence after being charged by the British Horseracing Authority with administering banned substance Acepromazine (ACP) to one of his horses and then attempting to mislead investigators looking into the case. Loughnane is charged with instructing a member of his staff to provide false information to the veterinary officer and also of recording a false entry in the medical book of the horse, Logans Lad. Samples were taken from the horse after he underwent a stalls test at Wolverhampton on March 28th this year. ACP is frequently used in animals as a sedative and antiemetic. It is prohibited from being present in a horse's system on either a raceday or the day of a stalls test. A breach of the rules on the positive sample sees an entry point fine of £1,000, with a range of £700-£2,000. For misleading or endeavouring to mislead an investigator, the entry point penalty is a fine of £2,000 or the option to suspend/withdraw/disqualify or exclude for three months, or to refuse to accept entries. A range of £1,000-£3,000, or one month to three years applies for such a breach.
