In April 2021 the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) reported that the hair sample of the apprentice Jockey Benoit De La Sayette tested positive for the prohibited substance Cocaine. Hereafter a provisional suspension was ordered and in September 2021 the Jockey was heard for the BHA Judicial Panel.
The Jockey admitted the violation and stated that he had used Cocaine three or four times from summer 2020 until about mid January 2021. Then he quit with this environment and moved back to his parents in early February 2021.
Therefore the BHA Judicial Panel decides on 16 September 2021 to suspend the Jockey's license for 6 months, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. 17 April 2021 until 17 October 2021.
