Cobalt - new drug ?

[Benny]

This is a new one. 2 Meadowlands trainers banned and simply move to Yonkera according to poster on PA,

http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolu...7329&zoneid=63

This from Bossert at NY Daiiy News

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the...l-ban-trainers

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Both Tioga Park and Vernon Downs are located in New York, which is governed by the New York State Gaming Commission, issued this statement to the News.

“The Commission supports efforts by track operators to exclude parties who put horse health and safety in jeopardy and call into question the integrity of horse racing. New York’s Equine Drug Testing Program is continually evolving. The Morrisville laboratory has acquired on loan the equipment to test for Cobalt. Personnel are being trained to test for Cobalt, and George Maylin (the Director of Equine Drug Testing in New York) has been consulting with Meadowlands officials to help establish the proper thresholds for determining cobalt positives "