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Horse racing: Staff members fired in Jewels drug row

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Horse racing: Staff members fired in Jewels drug row

All 10 horses from the All Stars stable were tested for drug contamination today. Two staff members from Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen's stable failed the tests and were dismissed. The Racing Integrity Unit asked the TAB to suspend betting on all the six Jewels races until Friday afternoon. The Harness Jewel's feature nine group one races for a minimum of $125,000 to be run at Cambridge Raceway with a crowd of up to 5000 expected. Tabs closed markets for Saturday's $1,275,00 meeting.

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