Two-time Olympian Marco Kutscher might not have known his horse Cornet Obolensky received injections of a prohibited substance during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but the German equestrian was still named the "primary person responsible" and, thus, negligent, according to the decision of the Tribunal of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).

His sanction includes the highest fine for doping violations in the history of the FEI, but he will not be suspended, the federation’s general counsel stated.

"The Tribunal reiterates that it is the responsibility of competitors to ensure that their horses do not have any rohibited ubstances in their systems," the FEI panel reported in the proceedings from its June 15 decision.

The use of Lactanase in the Belgian Warmblood stallion was revealed nearly a year after the close of the Olympic Games, the FEI reported. Lactanase is an enzymic modulator generally administered to reduce lactic acid, a byproduct of strenuous exercise; stave off fatigue; and reduce the incidence of "tying-up"–equine exertional rhabdomyolysis. Kutscher mentioned the drug, referring to it as a "sports medical treatment," during an interview on Sport Inside, a German television show, and the FEI was alerted