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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan
These guys are sharp. There is no way they would knowingly administer something that could be caught in a test. It was either a mistake or a false positive. They may be using something on their horses, but it isn't tested for yet.
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That's like saying that a multi-millionaire would never cheat on his taxes because he has too much to loose. It's a good argument but it's not true. People lie and cheat all the time even in situations where there is a good chance that they will get caught.
Much in the same way that cheaters are always getting more sophicticated, the testing is getting more sophisticated too. I would imagine that one of the ways guys get nailed is when a new, more sensitive testing method is used. A new test may be able to detect a drug that the old test could not detect.
One of Doug O'Neil's horses just came in above the legal level for bicarbonates. All of his horses are now going to have go to a detention barn. Do you think that he didn't do it?
By the way, when it comes to milkshaking it is usally not a huge secret as to who is doing it. Grooms are not great at keeping secrets. The grooms are at the barn and witness horses being milkshaked. It's not like they don't talk to their friends. You know the old expression that when there's smoke, there's usually fire. That is why every time I've heard rumors about a certain trainer milkshaking, it always turned out to be true. It's hard to keep secrets on the backstretch.