Quest to root out equestrianism's doping problems

Equestrianism's governing body hopes it has averted the threat of expulsion from the Olympic movement by hiring the investigators Quest to conduct a probe into widespread instances of horse doping.

The Brazilian, Irish, Norwegian and German teams were all rocked with positive dope tests at the Beijing Olympics last summer. That raised the risk that the sport would be removed from the Games' roster at a time when rivals such as rugby union and golf are presenting strong cases for inclusion.

Quest, the private investigations firm that has conducted the probe into allegations of bungs in football, confirmed it had been engaged to produce an inquiry into appearances of a drugs culture in equestrianism.

SOURCE: The Guardian