A perfect example of why \"super\" trainers drive me nuts. Either his horses run off the screen or they fall down. Look at Sensitively in R7 at Del Mar today. Complete stand out on the sheets. But you can\'t handicap a trainer like that except just to throw out everything he sends out until further notice. Keep in mind I loved the 7 in the last race at 13-1, so I unloaded on doubles. You can guess what happened next, right? So frustrated I checked out mentally and didn\'t even bet the last race! It\'s truly embarrassing. I guess they must be drug testing at Del Mar. These bums should all be banned for life. And make no mistake, I\'m a complete jackass. That goes without saying.
Check out the sheet for Metaboss entered on Saturday in the DelMar Hdcap.
What Phil D\'Amato forgot about turf training Michael Dickinson doesn\'t even know yet. LOL
I was naive to think that turf racing would remain immune to all of this garbage.
Good Luck,
Joe B.
RACING NEWS
California Expands Equine Drug Testing
08/18/2016 6:17 PM ET
The California Horse Racing Board has stepped up drug testing in Southern California with industry cooperation and soon things will be going really high tech with a new focus on biological markers supported by The Jockey Club.
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (DMTC) hired an additional examining veterinarian for the current meet, while the CHRB appointed a second official veterinarian, which have allowed for increased out-of-competition drug testing – an increasingly important strategy for detecting substances and practices not easily identified through traditional post-race screening.
CHRB Executive Director Rick Baedeker said the increased drug testing will continue indefinitely.
The Ken Maddy Laboratory at UC Davis is critical to this effort, as it is considered the preeminent facility of its kind and administers the testing for horses participating at Del Mar, Santa Anita, and all other racetracks in the state.
Research is a key component of the Maddy Laboratory\'s commitment to equine health and safety, and now the lab is breaking new ground by beginning development of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP).
All current drug testing in California horse racing involves the collection of samples, mostly blood and urine, and running them through highly sophisticated equipment to detect unauthorized substances. But there is another way – some would say the way of the future. The fundamental principle of the ABP is to monitor selected biological variables over time that indirectly reveal the effects of doping rather than attempting to detect the doping substance or method itself.
In other words, the lab creates a biological record (ABP) of an individual athlete and then looks for changes outside of normal values. The changes can involve a number of biological processes, including changes in proteins, genes, and small molecules. Monitoring of these biomarkers could signal that a doping agent had been administered to the athlete.
The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine recently appointed a second faculty chemist at the Maddy Laboratory to lead their development of methods to combat emerging threats in horse racing, such as anabolic steroids and gene doping. Dr. Benjamin Moeller, an expert in biomarkers with a PhD focused on equine anabolic steroids, will develop the infrastructure to maintain an equine ABP program. This program received a boost Thursday when The Jockey Club confirmed it would help fund it with grants of $50,000 a year for at least two years.
"We owe it to the public as well as the vast majority of trainers and veterinarians who play by the rules to keep our testing vigilant and state-of-the-art," said Baedeker. "So, we have doubled the number of out-of-competition tests at Del Mar this season and we are working with UC Davis to pursue the latest technologies for testing."
Joe Harper, president of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, said California has long been recognized as having the premier medication testing program in the country.
"It is very important to me and the rest of Del Mar\'s Board of Directors that we maintain this standard and continue to embrace the most up-to-date science available," he added. "It\'s of the utmost importance that our sport has a level playing field with the safest possible environment for our horses and riders."
\"Either his horses run off the screen or they fall down.\"
This is total nonsense. But if it were not total nonsense, wouldn\'t it present a great betting opportunity?
Incident of his was in steward\'s report 2 weeks ago. Employee of barn was caught with tube of paste in the stall of horse scheduled to race within next 2 hours. No cap on the paste just holding the tube but claimed he was just pulled in to help another employee out. Was going to post link to stewards minutes on here. Went back to look at link and the incident is no longer on the stewards\' minutes. Go figure, truly might still be Wild Wild West. No faith at this moment in truly and fairly run thoroughbred races.
Thank you for sharing this!
\"Went back to look at link and the incident is no longer on the stewards\' minutes. Go figure, truly might still be Wild Wild West.\"
Either that or you looked at the wrong day. The horse went on to win the race, by the way.
D'AMATO INFORMAL HEARING
Trainer Phil D'Amato and his assistant Rudy Cruz met with the Stewards to discuss an incident that happened yesterday in his shed row one hour and fifteen minutes prior to post time of the fifth race. Safety Steward Luis Jauregui witnessed Mr. Cruz entering the stall of runner "Toowindyto- haulrox" who was in the fifth race. Luis Jauregui followed Mr. Cruz into the stall and confiscated a tube of the oral medication "STRETCH RUN". Mr. Cruz stated he was going to give the paste to another horse that was working the next morning and he ducked into the runner's stall to help a groom with a blanket. There was no lid on the tube of paste. What had occurred was not a rule violation, but if the medication had been administered the horse would have been scratched and a complaint would have been filed.
I\'ll assume this is it. At 11.99 plus shipping, probably not the \"real thing\".
Stretch Run provides healthy energy to support metabolic function in performance horses engaged in strenuous activity. Each 2 oz. syringe provides 14 gm Vibose blend, a proprietary blend of vitamin B12 and ribose. Give the full contents of the syringe by mouth approximately 2 hours before a stressful event. Stretch Run has not been approved for pregnant animals or animals intended for breeding.
2 oz $11.99