Racing WA stewards have been advised by the ChemCentre in Perth that cobalt at a concentration in excess of 100 ng/mL – which is the threshold prescribed in the Greyhound Rules of Racing – has been detected in a sample taken from Sivo Keeping at Northam on 26 May 2025 following it winning Race 4.
This finding has been verified by the Racing Analytical Services Laboratory in Victoria.
Accordingly, Racing WA stewards will inquiry into these reports of Thursday, 17 July 2025, which Mr Cook has been directed to attend.
Acting under the provisions of Greyhound Rule of Racing 169 (5), stewards have directed that Mr Cook’s licence be suspended forthwith pending the outcome of the stewards inquiry and that no greyhounds owned or trained by him will be permitted to compete in or be nominated for any event.
Further, Sivo Keeping is not permitted to compete in or be nominated for any event until the inquiry is concluded.