Security

For big races like this, i wonder how the security around the stables are????? I mean you got animals earning and costing mega bucks! Has there ever been cases where people tried to do something to a horse to alter its performance in the years goe by especially for a race of this calibre?

Heard stories of some jockeys sleeping outside the stable door as security night before the race.... Is there tueth in this?

Oh, and dont worry, I'm not thinking of doing anything like this. Was just wondering

Not uncommon for grooms/stable hands to stand guard over their horses,Oscar had a few concerns about security when horses are intransit if i remember correctly..

Bernard F reckoned on tellytrack he sleeps outside PP stable the night before the July and other big races.... THE LOVE for the horse!!!!!

Robert Fayd'herbe sleeps outside the stable - done it for Met and July.
Bernard sleeps at the Beverley Hills in Umhlanga the week before the race

Nite before he at Tyron Nortons place in the BLUFF.

my bad... lol

There were some sensational goings on at Windsor on Monday evening when the stewards ordered the withdrawal of the favourite Sendreni, half an hour before the 7:10 race.

Whilst carrying out a routine patrol the stable security guard found an empty syringe, labelled as containing an unlawful substance, in the possession of trainer Michael Wigham.

The full text of the stewards report is as follows.

"On a report from the BHA Stable Security guard, that, during routine checks in the racecourse stables before racing, an empty syringe. labelled as having contained an unallowable substance had been found in the possession of M Wigham, the trainer.

The Stewards interviewed the stable guard, M Wigham and Jill Hancock, Veterinary Officer.

Having heard evidence that M Wigham was unable to explain the presence of the syringe, the Stewards ordered Sendreni to be withdrawn and the matter to be referred to the BHA."