A Canterbury mother and her daughter have been charged after a greyhound tested positive for meth.

Lisa Waretini holds of a Public Trainer’s licence issued by New Zealand Greyhound Racing.

She trains from her home address in Christchurch, which she shares with her daughter Alysha, who holds a kennel hand licence.

Lisa trains the dog OPAWA PIP. Her daughter handles the dog and is responsible for him at the races.

In a ruling released last month, the Racing Integrity Board said on the 21st of April 2022, Alysha attended a race meeting at Addington Raceway.

OPAWA PIP competed in race 8, which he won. Following the race, OPAWA PIP was selected to be swabbed. On the 11th of May, the New Zealand Racing Laboratory reported that the urine sample was positive to Methamphetamine and Amphetamine.

Methamphetamine and Amphetamine are Category 2 Prohibited Substances.

On the 17th of May, investigators visited the training premises of Lisa Waretini – and both her and her daughter were interviewed.

Alysha advised she had sole responsibility for the greyhound OPAWA PIP on the 21st of April 2022.

Lisa explained she was responsible for the day-to-day care of the dog, including feeding.

Alysha advised she used to take Methamphetamine but had not done so for 2½ years.

She admitted she still spent time in the company of those who used Methamphetamine but had not been in the same area as them when they took it, nor had they ever travelled in her vehicles.

Forensic samples were taken from the two vehicles located at the address that are used to transport greyhounds to and from the races.

Both vehicles returned positive results for traces of Methamphetamine.

The van contained traces of Methamphetamine above the driver and front passenger seats and on the centre of the steering wheel.

Both Lisa and Alysha were also tested that day and returned negative results for drugs in urine and hair analysis.

Lisa admitted one charge – failing to produce OPAWA PIP for a race free of any Prohibited Substance.

Alysha was also charged with failing to present the dog free of a prohibited substance.

The RIB banned Lisa from the industry for 15 months.

No decision was made on a penalty in Alysha’s case.