WA’s leading lady Linda Britton disqualified for 18 months

The sport has been rocked by an 18-month disqualification handed to champion trainer Linda Britton on Monday.

The WA Hall of Fame trainer was disqualified for 18 months and fined $500 on four charges in relation to one of her greyhounds testing positive to a prohibited substance, and for failing to keep treatment records.

The first two charges came after Zelemar Fever, trained by Britton, was found to have the substance testosterone – evidenced by the presence of 5β – androstane- 3α, 17β – diol at a concentration greater than 10 nanograms per millilitre in urine samples taken after winning the WA Sprint Championship final and placing third in the National Sprint final in August last year. 



Britton, who trains her team near Mandurah, was also charged on two counts for failing to keep treatment records.

The first of those charges related to the administration of ethyloestrenol tablets to the greyhound bitches which she was training at the time.

The second was in regards to possessing 1500 ethyloestrenol tablets, a scheduled 4 medicine, in two unlabelled containers which were “not prescribed in compliance with the relevant provisions”.



The champion conditioner pleaded guilty to all four charges when the stewards’ inquiry resumed last Thursday.



Britton was disqualified for nine months, effective immediately, on each of charges one and two, totalling 18 months on the sidelines.



In regards to charges three and four, Britton was fined $200 and $300 respectively. 



The penalty imposed has come as a massive shock to most greyhound participants, not just from the West but nationwide, as well as Britton herself.



Britton, who was inducted into the WA Racing Industry Hall of Fame in 2012, has won the leading state trainer award each year since its inception in 2003.



She is the daughter of legendary trainer Allan Britton and is also the sister to Jeff and Rob Britton, two of Victoria’s leading trainers.



Linda Britton has trained many stars of the track over the years such as Paradise Street, Reggemite, Vulture Street, Western Land, Topline Doovee and Dance Portrait. More recently she has put the polish on outstanding types Zelemar Fever, Star Recall, Uno Reltub and Te Amo, just to name a few.





Topics

Trainers Allan Britton | Linda Britton
States West Australian Greyhound Racing
General Hall Of Fame

Past Discussion

  35. Industry is stunned ??? hahahaha yeah right
    Everyone in the game have known what has been going on for ages.
    She has been a protected species for a very long time.

  36. Industry is stunned ??? hahahaha yeah right

    Everyone in the game have known what has been going on for ages.

    She has been a protected species for a very long time.

  37. But her and boyfriend Chris will just carry on as though nothing has happened.
    Just like Grahame Bate and Jenny Hunt.
    What a crooked industry

  38. But her and boyfriend Chris will just carry on as though nothing has happened.

    Just like Grahame Bate and Jenny Hunt.

    What a crooked industry

  39. she is such a lovely lady/trainer .. and i have fostered heaps of her hounds and they are so friendly and loving .. linda puts her heart and soul into these dogs and it shows .. she has a lot of supporters out their .. and im one of them .. cant wait to see her back xxx

  40. she is such a lovely lady/trainer .. and i have fostered heaps of her hounds and they are so friendly and loving .. linda puts her heart and soul into these dogs and it shows .. she has a lot of supporters out their .. and im one of them .. cant wait to see her back xxx

  43. Hey Dirt Cowboys
    You clearly don’t no Linda or Chris by your comments so why don’t you keep your mouth shut until you no what your talking about.

  44. Hey Dirt Cowboys

    You clearly don’t no Linda or Chris by your comments so why don’t you keep your mouth shut until you no what your talking about.

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