A racing industry judicial hearing into a positive drug test returned by jockey Lisa Cropp has been adjourned, after a visit to Te Rapa racecourse in Hamilton.
The Judicial Control Authority held a two-day hearing into Cropp's positive test to the drug methamphetamine at Te Rapa racecourse, Hamilton, on May 7 2005.
The hearing has been adjourned until November, when the two-person tribunal will consider the information compiled from their visit.
Cropp's lawyer Antony Shaw yesterday asked the tribunal to visit Te Rapa so they could view the weighing room, jockey room and drug testing area which had been used.
Mr Shaw said the drug testing regime under which Cropp tested positive breached ESR standards.
The testing regime employed on the day was unfair, unreasonable and in disarray.
Cropp unsuccessfully challenged the legality of the test right up to the Supreme Court in the past three years.
Yesterday she told the tribunal her drug test was contaminated by a hair, straw and possibly by a bandaged finger she had put into her urine sample.
The conditions were filthy, she said.
Lawyer for the racing industry Simon Moore opposed the visit, questioning what value could be gained from it and how it would contribute to the evidence that Cropp had returned a positive drug test.
Under the rules of racing, Cropp could be suspended for up to 12 months and/or fined up to $10,000 if found guilty.
