Sport focus
Horse racing
Ownership and syndication, training and riding agreements, medication rules and stewards' inquiries.
Racing disputes involve owners, trainers, jockeys and the regulator at once, and a positive sample or an ownership dispute can suspend a whole yard.
We act in medication and prohibited substance cases, ownership and syndication disputes, licensing and stewards' inquiries.
Action plan
How we would run your matter
- 1Immediate stepsWe respond to the inquiry or notification and protect the licence while it is examined.
- 2Veterinary evidenceSampling, treatment records and yard procedures are reviewed with veterinary experts.
- 3HearingThe case is presented to the stewards or the disciplinary panel.
- 4AppealWe appeal the finding or the penalty to the appeal board or arbitral forum.
Typical services
What we are most often asked to do
- Ownership, syndication and bloodstock agreements
- Training, riding and retainer contracts
- Medication and prohibited substance proceedings
- Stewards' inquiries and licensing appeals
- Arbitration and appeals before the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Contact us
Tell us what happened.
PLL Legal — Sport disputes practice
Switzerland
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All enquiries are treated as confidential. Tell us the sport, the body involved and any deadline you are facing.