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Five Australian trainers are still searching for answers after their horses all tested positive for formestane - a drug used to treat breast cancer.
Racing Victoria stewards launched a 12-month investigation after the discovery, with Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mark Kavanagh one of the quintet in the firing line.
Kavanagh famously trained Shocking to victory in the race that stops a nation back in 2009 - but his mare Circle of Magic, which finished second in a BM64 at Sandown on March 8 last year, was stood down for 12 months after a urine sample displayed traces of formestane.
Fellow trainers Julius Sandhu (Alphaville), Symon Wilde (Sirileo Miss), Amy and Ash Yargi (Yulara) and Smiley Chan (Lake Tai) were equally bemused at their horses testing positive to the prohibited substance.
It is expected all five trainers will soon be charged by stewards.
Mark Kavanagh (pictured left) is one of five trainers still searching for answers after their horses tested positive for formestane - a drug used
