€100 fine for trainer of greyhound who tested positive for Flunixin
The trainer of a greyhound who tested positive for Flunixin has been fined just €100.
The latest Greyhound Racing Control Committee report (July 2026), shows that the prohibited substance was detected in a urine sample taken from greyhound Cobra Cadet at Dundalk Stadium on 6th December 2025. On the day the greyhound finished third in a race, with prize money of €40.
Greyhound trainer Paul Matthews of 9 Carrivekeeney Road, Newry, Co. Down was in attendance at a meeting of the Greyhound Racing Control Committee. The committee “noted that Mr. Matthews did not dispute any of the facts and that he attended the hearing in a very honest and forthright way but that he had no idea how the substance came to be in the greyhound.”
The committee said it “accepted that flunixin was found in the greyhound Cobra Cadet but were unable to determine how the substance got into the greyhound and the source of the positive sample remained undetermined”.
They “ imposed a sanction payment of €100” on Matthews.
After 6th December, Cobra Cadet was used in four more races at Dundalk Stadium in December, January and February, finishing first in the last two races. Since then, he has been “exported internationally” to a destination unknown.
Cobra Cadet is among a growing list of greyhounds testing positive for prohibited substances at tracks around Ireland. Find out more at https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2024/02/16/more-and-more-greyhound-testing-positive-for-prohibited-substances/
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