An oversight from top trainer Tim Butt has ended his Inter Dominion pacing assault. And cost him A$1000.
Butt had his two pacers Let It Ride and Italian Delight withdrawn from their heats at Ballarat tonight and therefore the remainder of the series after he took blood off them yesterday for a routine test.
Harness Racing Victoria rules forbid horses being injected 24 hours before raceday, so stewards had little option but to scratch the pair.
The irony is Butt, who until last year trained with great success in Canterbury, told the stewards he had broken the rule.
"They rang me to ask how the horses were and I told them I had just taken a blood to have it tested to make sure they were fine," said Butt.