Richard Baltas
 

I heard that it was something involving one of his assistants allegedly giving a horse an unauthorized substance on a race day.

Baltas
 

Who is the assistant trainer Bob Baffert :rant:

Thanks for the laugh
:D:D:D:D

Baltas Accused of Multiple Banned Substance Infractions
 

Imho, can't run most of these horses without supplements. It's a myth that we can have horse racing without meds.

The BIG LIE about https://www.hisaus.org/ is that it's about the gambler. The proponents repeatedly say "people need to trust our product". But imho, it's got nothing to do with the betting product.

Hissa is about the non-gambler. It is horse lovers who want to control how the animal is handled. Nothing to do with the betting.

One of the alleged substances ( Higenamine ) is basically a cousin of clenbuterol. Beta agonist.

Have not heard of the other substance ( Paeonol ), and a brief google didn't score much info. Seems to possibly a NMDA? drug, which may put it in relation to Ketamine? Ketamine and these classes of drugs have come up in horse racing, but I don't understand them. Can recall at least one Ketamine bad test blamed on drug use of stable worker. They seem related to travel/surgical/sedation rather than Performance Enhancing. Sometimes the effects have a range or duration in the opposite direction. Hopefully nothing with Performance Inhibiting.

Also, the article(s) read as though it was surveillance discovery ( rather than an initial bad test ). Can only guess if this was a big surveillance day, or they drew his name out of a hat, or a targeted investigation.

I remember when this guy couldnt win with any horse then suddenly one of top trainers in the on the circuit. I am sure improved stock helped but it was a sudden transformation.

I dont like how this is just behind closed doors and not out in the open, these bans with no real process is sketchy.

Alleging 'Destroyed' Reputation, Baltas Sues CHRB
 

I can't imagine that's going to work.