Paris : As per reports British champion jockey Oisin Murphy has been handed a three-month ban by French racing authorities after testing positive for cocaine. The 25 year-old Irishman denied all wrongdoing but will not appeal the ban imposed by France Galop. He will be banned from December 11 to 11 March , which will permit him to return before the main part of the the English flat season gets under way. Earlier in July Murphy tested positive at a meeting at Chantilly. He also provided evidence from subsequent hair tests that found no trace of the substance. In a statement, the Professional Jockeys association said the commissioners had accepted Murphy's explanation that he did not take cocaine and that the positive sample arose as a result of unintentional, environmental contamination. In reply, Murphy said "Whilst I am obviously disappointed that I will still have to serve a three-month suspension, I am pleased the commissioners accepted the evidence presented and am hugely relieved to have been cleared of taking cocaine.
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