Trainer Jarrod McLean could face historical doping charges
Horse trainer Jarrod McLean is set to face a string of charges after a jigger was found in his sunglasses case, and performance-enhancing drugs in a bedside table.
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A jigger was found in Jarrod McLean’s sunglasses case and performance-enhancing EPO in a bedside table as part of a Victoria Police case dubbed Operation Realist which leaves the trainer’s career hanging by a thread.
McLean, 39, will be charged by Racing Victoria on a string of charges of historic doping offences involving Perth Cup winner Cats Fun, as exclusively reported last week by the Herald Sun.
McLean, along with former trainer Darren Weir, Tyson Kermond and William Hernan, have been charged with criminal offences relating to animal cruelty, conspiracy and corruption.
The Victorian Supreme Court has released several documents relating to the January 30 raid which will almost certainly end McLean’s career.
Syringes containing EPO were found in a bedside table.
Labelled “Eprex 10,000”, a trade name for EPO, the syringes also contained DNA belonging for Cats Fun.
McLean told police the EPO was for personal use.
Police found nearly $700 in cash, cocaine and a jigger, a device used to give horses electronic shocks, at McLean’s Yangery property during the raids which led to Weir’s four-year disqualification.
Detective Superintendent White said when Mr McLean was first questioned by Victoria Police on the day of the raids, he said the EPO was for personal use and he did not require a prescription to possess it.
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McLean unsuccessfully attempted to stop RV stewards from using police evidence against him.
He is already banned indefinitely from racing after declining to answer stewards’ questions at an earlier hearing.
McLean will be charged under the Rules of Racing with administration of a prohibited substance to affect race performance, possession of a prohibited substance and failure to observe processes and directions of stewards.