Randy this was already reported, this was the postive that he said he was gonna quit over this past summer.
Again, its mepivicaine. Asmussen and Dutrow did days for it. And Pletcher has a positive he is fighting on it.
I know it is used as a nerve block, but it also has other uses.
I can't string the guy up over this one.
Zito and Mott did ten days apiece at the same time a few years back for Lidocaine postives. Lidocaine was in foot salves for cracked feet and both swore they had cut off the medicine before the 7 days the vet told them to.
Then you had a rash of cocaine posives that were thrown out in the 90's after accidental contamination was pretty much proved in all cases.

My point is that the "caine" family is among the easiest and most sensitive drug families to test for, and is teh stem of many of these positives.
If you are gonna string up Mullins, then you should be bashing Mott and Zito as well.
The guy may not be my favorite guy, I have never even met him, but I really have to say that I find it hard to believe that he ordered an overage of mepivicaine to be administered to a 10 claimer who was 8 years old, especially knowing what kind of scrutiny he was under.
I know hes cried wolf before, and worse, but his reaction after this test was exactly the reaction an innocent man unjustly accused would give. He did not hide from the media and he did not make excuses. He was insane with rage and swore that the horse in question never even needed ICE, much less anything else. A guilty guy doesn't usually react with as much rage and anger as Mullins did.
The more horses you run each year, the greater the chance that you will pull some sort of positive.
I dunno if hes guilty on this one, at least not intentionally.
I realize my opinion will be in the very small minority, but thats how I feel.