Clear favourite Petrol Head scratched from Galway Hurdle after failed doping test | Horse racing

The Galway Hurdle, one of the feature events of this week’s Galway Festival, was embroiled in controversy yesterday after Petrol Head, who had been backed from 16-1 to 5-1 clear favourite for the €270,000 (£228,000) handicap, was scratched on the orders of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory…