> Groundbreaking rider Sibylle Vogt has been banned for six months by France Galop stewards after testing positive for metabolites of cocaine at Compiegne in March, although she mounted a similar defence to that which gained partial success in other high-profile cases. 

> Vogt accepted the adverse sample findings but pleaded for a more lenient sentence than the standard six months for a first offence, arguing that she had not taken or knowingly come into contact with cocaine, but believed she had suffered contamination through a sexual partner.