A racehorse owned by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II that won the prestigious Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last year has tested positive for the banned painkiller morphine. The British Horseracing Authority announced last week that tests on five horses under the care of various trainers showed the presence of morphine in their "A" samples. On Tuesday, the queen's bloodstock and racing adviser, John Warren, said that the monarch's 5-year-old filly Estimate was one of the five. Buckingham Palace said that early indications suggest that Estimate consumed the substance as a result of contaminated feed. Warren said in a statement that...
- 7/23/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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