'There is no dope' - therapist at centre of drugs raid speaks to the Racing Post

John Warwick, the therapist at the centre of Tuesday’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine-led raid on premises in County Kildare that saw illegal substances seized, has insisted there was “no dope” in his possession and that he would “never compromise an owner or trainer” by using banned substances on racehorses.

Speaking exclusively to the Racing Post, Warwick accepted he was in possession of substances that shouldn’t have been in the country when Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the gardai descended unannounced on the premises he operates in Monasterevin.

Ted Walsh and Liam Burke have also confirmed they were the two trainers caught up in the raid, Walsh explaining he had brought a horse with a tendon injury to be treated with a laser device.