Ness busted again at tampa

[Cannon Shell]

Based upon my experience at Tampa Bay Downs I am doubting that the Secret Service will be envious of Tampa's 24 hour a day surveillance. Unless a guy in a ski mask with neon syringes runs into the barn in a clown suit I'm guessing that things won;t be much different than usual.

The WORST thing tracks can do is repeatedly raid a guys barn. It is usually a waste of time to start with and after you have done it once you have effectively ensured that any illicit substances that may be used are never kept in the barn. The most famous incident of authorities stumbling onto something was the Biancone case and the truth is that the Vet thought that snake venom was legal in KY because it WAS legal in harness racing and still was up until recently. If he thought that it wasn;t legal they would have never found it.

The genius squad once came to my barn at Tampa and went through my office. One of the dolts came upon a bottle of Clenbuterol and oh boy he thought he was onto something. He said to me "I don't think this stuff is legal in the US". I told him if he thinks he has a scoop here he should contact the FDA because according to the box that it was in the clembuterol was manufactured in St. Louis and said "Approved by FDA". It has been legal in the US for about 5 years at that point. They got me for an improperly labeled bottle of bute powder that was prescribed to "Simon stable" as opposed to an individual horse. I actually had to go to a stewards hearing and got fined $100. I said how can I be fined for an improperly labeled medication when I don't have the authority to prescribe or label anything because I am not a licensed vet? Of course they wanted to read me some obscure rule which really didnt even address the situation. I just shook my head, took a $100 out of my pocket, put it on the desk and walked out.