It follows legal objections about the offences listed on the summonses and the animal remedies regulations he is alleged to have contravened.
Philip Fenton is accused of possessing unlicensed animal remedies, including anabolic steroids, when a Department of Agriculture inspection took place at his yard at Garryduff, South Lodge outside Carrick in January of 2012.
At a late sitting of Carrick on Suir District Court yesterday Judge Terence Finn heard that part of the prosecution's case against the 49-year-old trainer is that he accepts he had the banned products.
However the 49 year old's defence council argued that the charges were put to Mr Fenton under legislation amended in July of 2012- 6 months after the alleged offences and that the state wasn't entitled to do this.
Responding Sean Gillane, senior counsel for the state, accused the trainer's lawyers of effectively trying to secure immunity for him- in circumstances which were misconceived- something they denied.
Judge Terence Finn will deliver his ruling on the legal arguments next Tuesday at Clonmel District Court.
