Hopes plead guilty to lesser Cobalt charge

Father and son training partners Lee and Shannon Hope have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of administering cobalt, arguing it was inadvertent.

The Victorian trainers blame their feeding and supplementation regime for three of their racehorses returning elevated cobalt levels in 2014.

The Hopes deny administering cobalt to affect the horses’ performances in races, a more serious charge still being pursued by Racing Victoria.

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