HONGKONG trainer Alex Wong Siu-tan is seething after being unwittingly trapped in a scandal currently rocking the Australian turf.
The affair yesterday led to prominent Sydney and New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson receiving a six-month ban in an inquiry involving a horse owned by Wong.
Rogerson, a frequent visitor to the territory, was disqualified by the stewards of the Australian Jockey Club for giving false and misleading evidence concerning the performance of Wong's colt Total Effect in the Dual Quest Handicap at Randwick, Sydney, on Wednesday.
The AJC will later consider a recommendation to ban the well-bred Total Effect from ever racing again.
A visibly shaken Wong stressed yesterday: ''I know absolutely nothing about Rogie's (Rogerson's) ban or what they have said about my fellow.
''I only found out about the inquiry this morning and have been waiting to find out the outcome. I can't tell you how irritating this is.