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Originally Posted by CSC
To use an analogy, that is like saying "I'm a little pregnant". Either you are or you aren't.
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That comment has to be one of the dumbest I've read.
WHY do you think 90% of LEGAL medications have clearly specified "withdrawal intervals" before a horse can race?
Nothing in race horse drug administration is remotely akin to being pregnant...
As stated, Pletcher's overage of procaine occured via an antibiotic injection and
the horse cleared the allowable interval for the drug to dissipate, but in this horse, it did not.
As stated, Pletcher's horse was treated with an allowable and legal medication. There is NO part of Cobra venom that is allowable or legal for race horses...
As an aside, Baffert was acussed several years ago of using "cocaine" on a horse. His attorney, Papianio, beat the rap by proving that the amount of cocaine found in the horse was "akin to a drop of water in a swimming pool" and Baffert's horse was unintentuonally contaiminated via casual contact.
What I'd like to understand is why are CA trainers like Sadler and O'Neill repeatedly caught using steroids and/or milkshakes but get a "pass warning"and Pletcher is castigated for a LEGAL medication overage...