Trainer Greg Hickman fined $5000 over swab

Trainer Greg Hickman has been fined $5000 after veteran gelding Braces returned a positive swab to the prohibited anti-inflammatory meloxicam.

Hickman fronted Racing NSW stewards on Wednesday over the positive result taken from Braces before he ran sixth in a race at Rosehill on February 27.

While stewards could not determine the cause of the low-level of meloxicam, Hickman pleaded guilty to presenting the horse to race with it in his system.

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Stewards took into account it was Hickman’s first offence under the rule and fined the trainer $5000 and disqualified Braces from the race.

It has been a mixed few days for the Warwick Farm trainer who celebrated Pierata’s Group One victory in the All Aged Stakes on Saturday.

A deal is pending for Pierata to stand at Aquis Farm.