A RACE horse owner is seeking $1.35 million in potential loss of winnings from a trainer who treated his horse with steroids, leading to its disqualification for 40 days.
Businessman and international investor Wang Sam Lin, 57, claims trainer Steven Burridge, 54, arranged for the injection without his consent on the day the latter was to be replaced.
Mr Burridge is defending his actions, saying the horse was in bad shape and that he was duty-bound as trainer to care for it.
Dr Wang, a Singapore permanent resident from Tonga, is claiming $1.35 million - the potential winnings he lost when his horse was barred for 40 days. He claims races missed out on included the Singapore Gold Cup Race, the Committee Prize Race and the Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Race.
The horse, named King And King, had performed badly in a race on Oct 28, 2007, coming in second last in the Raffles Gold Cup race in Singapore.
The next afternoon, Dr Wang said he told Mr Burridge that he was getting a new trainer but was not told by the trainer then that his horse needed any treatment.
Less than an hour later, Mr Burridge allegedly asked veterinarian Mathias Muurlink to give a steroid injection to the horse.
On the stand, Dr Wang said: 'There were many things he didn't inform me...He doesn't respect me.'
He said that he had 'very high expectations' for the horse which had won six races in 2006, including the $350,000 Queen Elizabeth Cup II in Kranji.
Singapore Turf Club (STC)head veterinarian Koos vanden Berg told the court that Mr Burridge wanted the horse to get a steriod jab to stimulate its appetite.
STC's chief stipendiary steward Peter Chadwick said on the stand that Mr Burridge, an Australian, had been fined $25,000 by a committee for arranging the horse's treatment without informing its owner or new trainer.
The hearing continues in the High Court today.
Businessman and international investor Wang Sam Lin, 57, claims trainer Steven Burridge, 54, arranged for the injection without his consent on the day the latter was to be replaced.
Mr Burridge is defending his actions, saying the horse was in bad shape and that he was duty-bound as trainer to care for it.
Dr Wang, a Singapore permanent resident from Tonga, is claiming $1.35 million - the potential winnings he lost when his horse was barred for 40 days. He claims races missed out on included the Singapore Gold Cup Race, the Committee Prize Race and the Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Race.
The horse, named King And King, had performed badly in a race on Oct 28, 2007, coming in second last in the Raffles Gold Cup race in Singapore.
The next afternoon, Dr Wang said he told Mr Burridge that he was getting a new trainer but was not told by the trainer then that his horse needed any treatment.
Less than an hour later, Mr Burridge allegedly asked veterinarian Mathias Muurlink to give a steroid injection to the horse.
On the stand, Dr Wang said: 'There were many things he didn't inform me...He doesn't respect me.'
He said that he had 'very high expectations' for the horse which had won six races in 2006, including the $350,000 Queen Elizabeth Cup II in Kranji.
Singapore Turf Club (STC)head veterinarian Koos vanden Berg told the court that Mr Burridge wanted the horse to get a steriod jab to stimulate its appetite.
STC's chief stipendiary steward Peter Chadwick said on the stand that Mr Burridge, an Australian, had been fined $25,000 by a committee for arranging the horse's treatment without informing its owner or new trainer.
The hearing continues in the High Court today.
