Four more positive drugs tests at the Beijing Olympics, all relating to Capsaicin. Derived from chilli peppers, Capsaicin can have hypersensitising effects or act as a pain relief and, in both cases, can improve the performance of a horse.
Capsaicin is classified as a ‘doping’ prohibited substance given its hypersensitising properties, and as a ‘medication class A’ prohibited substance for its pain relieving properties.
Ireland’s Denis Lynch, riding Lantinus, Norway’s Tony Andre Hansen on Camiro, Brazil’s Bernardo Alves on Chupa Chup and Germany’s Christian Ahlmann on Coster were all thrown out of the individual showjumping competition.