by TERRY BUTTS of the NQ REGISTER
RECENT Doomben winner French Lesson from the North Queensland stable of Glen Baker has returned a positive to cobalt.
Chief steward Alan Reardon notified Baker by phone yesterday morning and told him the horse had returned a reading 'well over the threshold limit'.
Baker said he was stunned.
“All I gave my horse was a shot of VAM and vitamin you can buy anywhere.
“Something is really wrong somewhere,” said the trainer.
He has no idea when he will be called to an inquiry 'but I know already the result'.
“They will chew me up and spit me out - make an example of me.
Änd on my mother's grave I did not give him anything illegal,” said Baker.