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LAUSANNE, Switzerland(AP) -The International Equestrian Federation is  
investigating a second member of its president's family for alleged  
horse doping.

The governing body said Friday that Princess Haya of Jordan will step  
aside from her presidential duties when it considers the case against  
Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the son of her husband, Sheik  
Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

Sheik Hamdan rode his horse Eo Fawati in a 74 1/2-mile endurance race  
at Bahrain in January. The horse tested positive for metabolites of  
the anabolic steroid stanozolol.

Sheik Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, rode his horse, Tahhan, when it  
tested positive for stanozolol metabolites in Bahrain. It also had  
traces of the banned substance guanabenz in Bahrain and after racing  
in Dubai in February.

Both men's cases are expected to go before the FEI's seven-member  
tribunal, which can suspend riders from endurance races.

As a member of the International Olympic Committee, Princess Haya  
informed the organization about the cases. Endurance racing is not an  
Olympic discipline.

Since becoming FEI president in 2006, the princess has campaigned to  
clean up equestrian's doping and medication problems.

She publicized details when six horses failed doping tests at last  
year's Beijing Olympics, and has commissioned IOC adviser Arne  
Ljungqvist to lead a review of the sport's methods of treating horses  
and educating riders. His report is due in the next few months.

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