Elliott was stood down last Friday by Harness Racing NSW stewards over charges announced on October 14 relating to positive swabs from Magic Shoos and Classic Arc taken after wins at Newcastle on September 3.

The decision to suspend her licence before a hearing forced Elliott to scratch her runners at Newcastle that night and for Monday's meeting at the track.

However, she applied for and was granted a stay of the stand-down decision, opening the door for her team to return to the races this Friday night at Newcastle.

Elliott has yet to gain a date for an inquiry into the charges, which came after her pair returned cobalt readings above the threshold of 100 micrograms per litre in their urine.

She denied doping the horses and will plead not guilty but she acknowledge the positive swabs would likely lead to a sanction.

"We still don't know what caused the positive for cobalt, and we might never know, that's the problem," Elliott said.

"I've been training 26 years and I've never had even the question of an irregularity, so to get the two in one night from something that's not kept in the stable or used is a freak thing.

"And that night I had four horses in each race and ran first, second and third in both. The horses that won were the ones we'd get the least out of and we're not punters, so there would be no reason I'd want to do it, but it came back positive.

"You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent and I can't prove I'm innocent.

"We'll be fighting our hardest and we're certainly innocent but it's a hard one."

Stewards also searched Elliott's float at a Tamworth race meeting and took items away for testing. However, she said "that was only some herbs, a relaxant for the horses, but they searched the stables and there was nothing found that had cobalt in it".

Elliott, who had 27 horses in work when the positive swabs came to light, was hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.

"It was gut-wrenching because I knew it was something I hadn't done, but I've now come to terms that there's nothing I can do about it," she said.

"We've just got to get the best we possible can and try to come back better.

"Magic Shoos was only just over so there's a chance he might come under in the B sample. Classic Arc wasn't a lot higher but he was high enough that the charges will stick. Both were only just over the 100mls."

Meanwhile, Newcastle's round of the Inter Dominion Championships on Sunday, December 5 will be part of in-depth coverage shown on Sky Thoroughbred Central for the first time.

Heats of the trotting and pacing series will be held at Menangle, Bathurst and Newcastle, culminating in the grand finals on December 11 at Menangle.

HRNSW chief executive John Dumesny said broadcasting the series to a wider audience was the key element when securing the partnership with Tabcorp and Sky.