Requested by the president of the European Trotting Union, Marjaana Alaviuhkola, on Thursday, the extraordinary meeting of the board of directors of the European Trotting Union (UET) took place on Friday afternoon, allowing stakeholders to discuss the case of Lovino Bello. On the French side, very little information has filtered out but, one thing is certain, Lovino Bello will run the Prix Ready Cash on Sunday at Vincennes. “I think it’s a mistakenevertheless confided Marjaana Alaviuhkola to Travronden at the start of the evening. Italy has not officially notified the UET of the horse’s suspension. Normal practice in all similar and previous cases is for countries to do this immediately after the sample is analyzed. In this case, Italy has not done so. France decided that the horse could start.” And to add: “The UET will review its own statutes and clarify what a nation must do. Today, Italy made an interpretation that no one else had made before. Italy may wait until the B sample arrives to report. The chairman of the UET technical committee has been tasked with reviewing this issue so that all member states adopt the same attitude.”
