Clean Sport: Stoffel suspended with horse Houkoumi G

A new prohibited substance case is under FEI Anti-Doping Rules. Samples taken at the 100Km CEI1* in Vitron, Belgium, returned positive for O-Desmethyl-Tramadol

Lausanne, October 2016 – The FEI has announced an adverse analytical finding involving a prohibited substance.

Samples taken at the 100Km CEI1* in Vitron (BEL) on 4 September 2016 from the horse Houkoumi G (FEI ID 104XV97), ridden by Evelyne Stoffel (FEI ID 10128731) to third place, have returned positive for O-Desmethyl-Tramadol, a metabolite of Tramadol.

Tramadol, an opoid analgesic used for pain relief, is a banned substance under the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations (EADCMRs).

The athlete has been provisionally suspended from the date of notification (12 October 2016). The horse has also been suspended for a two-month period.

Further details on this case can be found here

14th October 2016