Paul Struthers has acknowledged a problem among the jockey cohort and calls for more testing and longer suspensions
Doubling the penalties for jockeys who test positive for cocaine is being discussed by racing’s power-brokers, the result of a change of heart at the top of the Professional Jockeys Association. Paul Struthers, chief executive of that body, is quoted in Monday’s Racing Post as saying: “I’d be completely disingenuous if I said there isn’t a problem. This is something that needs addressing.”
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