Sport

Jockey stood down after failing drugs test

16:03 pm on 5 June 2010

The Matamata jockey Jason Waddell has been stood down from racing after failing a drugs test.

Waddell tested positive for methamphetamine following a routine drugs test at Ellerslie last month.

Waddell has been stood down from riding until a substantive decision of the Judicial Control Authority determines a penalty.