BRITISH trainer Hughie Morrison has expressed his relief at being found not to blame after one of his horses failed a drugs test at the start of the year.

The trainer could have been banned from the sport for up to 10 years as a consequence of Our Little Sister’s positive test for nandrolone following a race at Wolverhampton on January 14th.

But an independent disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority announced on Friday that the banned substance was administered intentionally “by person or persons unknown, for unknown reasons” and gave Morrison the minimum fine of £1,000.

OVER THE MOON

Morrison said he was “over the moon” with the verdict following the two-day hearing at BHA headquarters in London earlier this week.

He said: “There’s no ban. We’ve been completely exonerated, so the hell of the last 11 months can be forgotten.

“All my staff are having a celebration now and it’s very emotional.”