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Zanahiyr finished last of five runners in his outing at Leopardstown on SundayIrish trainer Gordon Elliott faces a British Horseracing Authority hearing on Wednesday over a positive drugs test for one of his horses at last year's Cheltenham Festival.
Zanahiyr finished third behind Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle.
But the horse tested positive post-race for 3-hydroxylidocaine and could now be disqualified.
The substance, a metabolite of Lidocaine, is often used in racing stables as a local anaesthetic.
In 2016, Derby-winning trainer Dermot Weld was fined by the Irish Turf Club after one of his horses failed a test for the same substance.
Elliott missed the 2021 Cheltenham Festival as he served a 12-month ban, with the last six months suspended, after being found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute after being pictured sitting on a dead horse.
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