The Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) said on Wednesday that the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) had confirmed that “no further [pre-race] testing [of riders] with swab and saliva kits will take place” until the circumstances surrounding the standing-down of Kieran O’Neill before racing at Southwell on Tuesday “has been resolved and understood”.
O’Neill posted on Twitter/X on Tuesday evening that he had “suffered the embarrassment of being stood down for a failed drug swab”. He added: “I have never taken a drug in my life and later found out that as my urine sample is clear I can resume race riding tomorrow.
