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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
EPO is not used on a one time basis. A series of doses are given over a period of time.
I wasn't speaking of Lasix when tlking about outside of the 6 hour window.
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I realize that Chuck, but EPO can be given for an end point that will not occurr for as much as 60 days to peak effect because of the half life of a red cell. You could time this hemoglobin effect to peak for a race so far away from the actual running that testing is senseless because the drug would be completely gone though it's effect on bone marrow can continue with the right cofactors.
To make a point without naming names .....
When you see these magic claims where a horse is claimed but not run for almost exactly 90 days from the claim and then off the layoff instead of the horse needing a race to get back in shape these super trainers are able to induce a horse to move up staggering numbers at ages your not supposed to improve.
At post time when these horses go off at odds that seem to expect they'll win though the form says they won't...they win!...I know you know this is exactly what happens. Now that's an EPO effect, the same damn drug I give dialysis and cancer patients every day.