There were no new revelations in the cobalt affair, you could have taken forty winks and missed nothing.

The case entering its third day is dragging on, with a telephone hook up questioning a female, an employee of the Flemington Equine Clinic.

Much of the day was taken up grilling Dr Ian Church, also employed by the Flemington Equine Clinic.

Dr Ian Church told the Victorian Civil Administration Tribunal that when he saw a photo of a bottle sent to trainer Sam Kavanagh in Sydney, he became suspicious that it was not just a complex mix.

Soon after the lunch break, Dr Church became emotional after a question from Danny O’Brien’s and Mark Kavanagh’s council, Damien Sheales.

Later at the hearing, Tom Brennan took the stand for no longer than a quarter of an hour, late in the day.