Pletcher BC positive; Hearing pending

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by CSC

Are there other masking agents that you would know of? Is it a possibilty in your opinion? We've heard about it in other sports.

The difference in other sports is the allowable levels are far greater than the allowable levels in horses. A masking agent is usually used to just dilute the sample. Not to mention that there is a thousand times more research done on human testing than there is on horses. The recent NFL suspensions were for th presense of masking agents, a diuretic used for weight loss. It is debatable that it would even mask most drugs ested for.