According to
the BloodHorse article by Frank Angst:
Quote:
While both horses tested well above the threshold—Gamine was more than nine-times over the limit and Charlatan more than twice the limit—Robertson said the levels are still very small and he'll argue that neither horse was affected by the lidocaine in their system.
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Imo, thresholds are there for a reason.
I don't care who the trainer is. When a trainer has a horse test at 9X the threshold and and another test at 2X the threshold:
The best decision the sport can make is simply enforce the rules.
-jp
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