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Originally Posted by reese
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... |
I'll have to think about that dumbest thing comment abit more, but in short do you seriously think the N.Y stewards would hand down a 45 day suspension if it was an coincidental incident. They could have slapped him on the wrists for sloppiness but chose the latter.
BTW How would you know the original dose wasn't a significant amount? The point is the stewards deemed something was not right and they administered the punishment. I guess they just picked out a random number ...