Mayberry Suspended After Horse Fails Test
Trainer Brian Mayberry was suspended for 30 days by the California Horse Racing Board Thursday because of what CHRB stewards at Del Mar said was a positive drug test on a horse he ran at Hollywood Park on July 6.
The ruling said that Gamblin A.J., trained by Mayberry at the time, was found with a foreign substance--promazine sulfoxide--in his urine after the sixth race that day. Steward Dave Samuel described promazine sulfoxide as a tranquilizer.
Gamblin A.J. was claimed by trainer Mike Mitchell out of that Hollywood Park field and is scheduled to run in Saturday’s Del Mar Debutante out of the Mitchell barn.
According to the terms of the suspension, Mayberry loses his license privileges and is denied access to all premises within the CHRB’s jurisdiction. The 30-day period will begin next Tuesday.
Thursday’s feature race was won by Soul Of The Matter, making its first start since finishing fifth in the Kentucky Derby.
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