Luke Comer is expected to appeal the three-year ban handed down to him by Irish racing’s integrity body on Thursday, The Currency understands. The native of Co Galway, along with brother Brian, is said to have a net of more than €1 billion, having made a fortune acquiring distressed property in the aftermath of the financial crisis – the brothers are even bidding for a significant portion of land next to Dublin Airport at present. However, sources said he is reeling more from a sense of not knowing how a dozen of his horses were found to have anabolic steroids…

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