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"Jock Paget of New Zealand has been provisionally suspended after the horse he rode to victory at the Land Rover Burghley horse trials, failed a drugs test. Clifton Promise, Paget's horse, and a horse ridden by his mentor, Kevin McNab, both tested positive for the banned sedative Reserpine at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in September."

"On Thursday morning, representatives of the horse-racing industry told Congress that thoroughbred racing's drug problem was a myth. On Thursday afternoon, a report by the California Horse Racing Board revealed that Bob Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer, had been giving every horse in his barn a thyroid hormone without ever checking to see if any of them had thyroid problems."

"Months after a drug scandal in the UK highlighted anomalies in worldwide rules, anabolic steroids are to be banned in Australian horse racing. The Australian Racing Board (ARB) says its ban will take effect from 1 May 2014 and apply to all thoroughbreds from the age of six months."

"Johannesburg - Trainer Cliffie Miller was charged for doping a horse which collapsed and died during a race earlier this year, the National Horseracing Authority (NHA) confirmed in a statement on Tuesday."

"Young Ecuadorian rider Daniela Moreno has received a formal warning after the horse she was assigned to ride in an FEI-sanctioned event tested positive for phenylbutazone and flunixin."

"The International Equestrian Federation has confirmed that the B blood sample taken from Clifton Promise, ridden by New Zealander Jock Paget at the Burghley International Horse Trials, has tested positive for the banned substance Reserpine."

"The 47-year-old admitted to seven charges at an inquiry after nine horses in his care tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid."

"Endurance racing could be made illegal if action is not taken to solve doping and horse welfare issues, according to Belgian coach and FEI committee member Pierre Arnould."

"The British Horseracing Authority has announced it is to improve its doping measures following the high-profile cases of trainers Mahmood Al Zarooni and Gerard Butler."