California regulators knew about the failed drug test too.
California regulators knew about the failed drug test too.
He never should have answered the stable door when they came knocking.
Ate some tainted alfalfa the blew in from the feedlot next ranch over.
Tainted sugar cube fed by a vengeful ex-trainer??
Probably a disgruntled massage therapist rubbing some "cream" on him.
Or maybe he was involved romantically with some other couple. The classic kissing defense.
USA "anti-"doping in action as usual.
California regulators waited nearly three weeks to notify Justify’s trainer Bob Baffert of the positive test result, nine days before the May 5 running of the Kentucky Derby. The California Horse Racing Board then took more than a month to confirm the results and withheld from publicly disclosing the results when it did, according to the report. The board concluded that the positive test could have resulted from Justify eating contaminated food and dropped the inquiry before changing the penalty of a positive scopolamine test to a fine and possible suspension in October. However, the amount found in Justify’s system — 300 milligrams — indicated that its administration was intentional. “I think it has to come from intentional intervention,”
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) previously investigated Baffert in 2013 when seven of his horses unexpectedly died at Inglewood’s Hollywood Park over the course of 16 months.
Baffert was found to have administered thyroid hormone thyroxine to the horses despite there being no evidence of hypothyroidism that the hormone is intended to treat.
So many parallels to running....
What's the justification in this case?
If the horse didn't dope over 2 times the set limit then its okay.
It's a medication commonly used for motion sickness. Blocks acetylcholine. I wonder how that's used as a performance enhancer.
Concentric Hero - Eccentric Zero wrote:
It's a medication commonly used for motion sickness. Blocks acetylcholine. I wonder how that's used as a performance enhancer.
It's in the article.
They actually changed the rule AFTER they knew the horse tested positive!
That's one way to stop doping.
pathfinder wrote:
Or maybe he was involved romantically with some other couple. The classic kissing defense.
He nuzzled the filly in the next stall frequently and passionately.
pathfinder wrote:
Concentric Hero - Eccentric Zero wrote:
It's a medication commonly used for motion sickness. Blocks acetylcholine. I wonder how that's used as a performance enhancer.
It's in the article.
Maybe you could share with us here as not everyone wants to pay to read that.
scopolamine can act as a bronchodilator to clear a horse’s airway and optimize a horse’s heart rate, making the horse more efficient
Damn that Mexican beef...again!
Concentric Hero - Eccentric Zero wrote:
pathfinder wrote:
It's in the article.
Maybe you could share with us here as not everyone wants to pay to read that.
Weird. I don't have a subscription, and I didn't have to pay to read it. Guess I'm lucky.
Allegations of doping have dogged Baffert for years. I hope finally they get him. It is unnatural the way some of his horses re-break in the stretch after setting blazing early fractions. Arrogate's performance in the Travers a few summers ago was so unbelievable. Also from the article, this well known story:
"Baffert has endured previous regulatory proceedings in California
In 2013, after seven horses in his care died over a 16-month period, he was the subject of a report by the board, which revealed he had been giving every horse in his barn a thyroid hormone without checking to see if any of them had thyroid problems.
Baffert told the investigators that he thought the medication would help “build up” his horses even though the drug is generally associated with weight loss. In that case, the board’s report found no evidence “that C.H.R.B. rules or regulations have been violated.”"
Baffert comes from the quarterhorse industry. That is far more crooked than thoroughbreds. Go look at any set of entries at a quarterhorse track, especially Los Alamitos and the tracks in New Mexico, and you will see horses with the word "Cartel" in their name. Yes, the drug cartels own horses and actually advertise it.
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