Shocked trainer was in delivery room when told horse had tested positive to methamphetamine

Trainer Luke Oliver was shocked to find out his horse had tested positive to methamphetamine while he was in a maternity ward delivery room.

Justdoit has returned a positive swab to methamphetamine. Picture: Reg Ryan/Racing Photos via Getty Images

Shocked Cranbourne trainer Luke Oliver is fully co-operating with Racing Victoria stewards after Flemington winner Justdoit returned a positive swab to methamphetamine.

Oliver was in a maternity ward delivery room with his wife and newborn daughter last month when first informed of the swab irregularity on September 5.

“I’m helping stewards with the investigation and through that process all of my staff and myself have been drug tested,” Oliver told this masthead.

“We’re hoping to get to the bottom of it, but it’s been tough on the staff, myself and the mare’s owners.”

RV stewards will continue the investigation.

The Racing Analytical Services Limited laboratory confirmed the prohibited substance was detected in a sample collected from Justdoit after the 1410m race on August 3.

Methamphetamine is a prohibited substance on race day in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing.

The Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory also detected methamphetamine, a nervous system stimulant, in the reserve portion of the Justdoit urine sample.

There are no reported therapeutic uses for methamphetamine in horses.

Originally published as Shocked trainer was in delivery room when told horse had tested positive to methamphetamine