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kenwoodallpromos
02-10-2007, 01:38 PM
"http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37498"
No real details concerning amounts of drug needed to cause performance difference, or amounts found in the stall samplings; I assume cause of residual contaminants was urination by horses.
These drugs found were very common, Lasix and Bute of course allowed on raceday, others I do not think are ones most commonly causes of violations.
I question this chemist's allegation that other drugs would be found if more stall sampling was done- not very scientific.
Ca will soon begin more allowances for residuals, etc.
This article again points up the problem of inconsistent rules.

AwolAtPA
02-10-2007, 09:38 PM
"http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37498"


let me try pasted link without the quotes

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37498

yup it works

thanks for the link

good news:
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“First of all, we need to abolish the concept of zero tolerance,” Barker said. “It’s an over-simplified attempt to regulate drugs. There’s no sense to continue that nonsense. You can’t eliminate drug contamination, so you have to approach it at the interpretation-of-data end.”

Kent Stirling, executive director of the Florida HBPA and chairman of the National HBPA Medication Committee, criticized laboratories and regulators. He said labs get business “by showing regulators they can find things,” and regulators “believe any time there is a (positive) it was an attempt by the trainer to compromise a race. A lot of people judge labs by number of calls.”

Stirling said the suggestion of a drug-positive review panel should be taken to the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium for consideration. Barker said the panel would “offer some kind of political cover for the industry to establish better thresholds.”

The RMTC is in the process of having research performed to establish threshold levels for almost 50 therapeutic medications. Barker, Stirling, and other said thresholds are important given regulations that don’t keep in step with technology.

Barker claimed about 80% of drug positives fall under the category of having no impact on a horse outside of 24 hours. “These comments I’ve heard that any level (of a substance) could potentially have an impact on performance … oh, crap.”
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