Visit likely to be disqualified after positive test

Khalid Abdullah's VISIT (Oasis Dream [GB])

has

been found to have tested positive for the tranquilizer acetylpromazine (ACP)

following her second placing in York's Lowther S. (Eng-G2). The Sir Michael Stoute-trained

homebred is almost certain to be disqualified from the runner-up spot in that

August 23 six-furlong contest.

Connections of the

Princess Margaret S. (Eng-G3) winner, who was unplaced when favorite for Friday's

Cheveley Park S. (Eng-G1)at Newmarket, revealed that the British Horseracing Authority

had alerted them to the results a week ago.

"We found out about this a week ago when we got a 

letter from the BHA to say she had tested positive following the race," the

owner-breeder's Racing Manager Teddy Grimthorpe explained Friday. "There was

nothing untoward and we obviously talked to all the people closely involved with

her. Sir Michael said she was fine when saddling, Ryan Moore said nothing felt

odd in the race and he said she had been normal throughout. The only thing

I can say is that we don't know where it has come from."