re: Controversy surrounds the Kentucky Derby this morning

I think 4.

Bob’s team frantically googled until he found a topical cream containing the drug so he could say he accidentally gave it for dermatitis, just topically. I’m the the vet is hard at work backdating a bill right now

Banned substances in topical treatments are still banned substances. You can’t even use lavender on a horse is they are drug testing at a show.

Racing may have their easy out now, though.

Exactly.

I’m just scared they’ll make a ridiculous exception.

I don’t even do many rated shows, but when I do I make sure nothing I’m topically putting on my horse is prohibited. Baffert’s team is the same way. I’m sure they injected an ankle too close to the race but now they have a great excuse when anybody else pops positive for this drug

Read the article I posted on the last page. It does better than I ever could.

He probably would have had to bathe in it for levels in his blood to still register from a topical application, I would think. Hopefully somebody mathy goes into that.

I still think a joint was injected within the 14 day withdrawal period, or maybe they just used more than normal.

It was 2x the amount allowed. Which is zero.

Think of it like registering 2x the legal limit of you are pulled over. That wouldn’t be swept under the rug

I’ve been seeing him called Teflon bob again a lot more

Evidently Baffert cut a deal to run the Preakness. This just sucks. Knew he wouldn’t get banned - too popular.

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Things can mask other things but it does have an outcome. It is generally used as a joint injection and for sure masks pain. See his positive test for it in the oaks last year. Most of baffert’s positives are for things masking pain. Baffert runs sore horses all the time.

I highly doubt it was from use as a topical ointment as baffert claims. I think the horse having a skin thing made for a plausible story. Everybody around that horse knows it’s a drug that is tested for. There are plenty of other treatments that can be used that don’t test.

It also looks to have not worked at all based on pictures of the rash from after the Santa Anita Derby through today. Almost as if nothing was put on it...

It isn’t. But this isn’t “juicing” like y’all think. It’s giving stuff so the horses run hurt. Which is DEFINITELY not good for the horse.

It was reported as twice the amount allowed, but I think that was the old amount. It changed to zero this year. I went back and edited, and not very well

The limit does not exist

A horse that doesn’t hurt will run faster. I’d say in addition to being for horse safety it affects the outcome of the race.

finally 1 big owner takes a stand:

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Daisy Phipps Pulito @daisypp

Actually Phipps Stable has already talked to Shug and won’t run in any race at Pim this weekend where we don’t feel like we are running on a level playing field.

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