Following a hearing held in Zurich, Switzerland, on March 27, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Judicial Committee determined that there had been a breach of FEI General Regulations Art. 146.2 at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens related to the presence of the prohibited substances of fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol in the horse Waterford Crystal ridden by Cian O’Connor of Ireland.

O’Connor and Wateford Crystal finished first in the Individual Jumping competition at the Games.

The Judicial Committee accepted the reports of the analysis of the A urine sample as performed by the Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques in France and also the analysis on a blood sample as performed by the USEF Drug Testing and Research Laboratory in the United States. The FEI Veterinary Regulations Art. 1022 permits the combination of analyses of blood and of urine.

The Judicial Committee declines to rely upon what is identified as an A Blood Sample analysis. The Judicial Committee decided that both substances as above are Prohibited Substances within the meaning of the Veterinary Regulations