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Title: Early Drug Testing
Post by: phil23 on April 25, 2012, 04:12:34 PM

Last night on Twitter, Luis Castro, a vet at Palm Meadows, tweeted that blood was taken from horses pointed to next week. The exact quote is this:

\"Blood samples were drawn today on all Oaks & Derby probable runners stabled at Palm Meadows. #out-of-competitiondrugtesting\"

https://twitter.com/#!/LuisCastroDVM

1st time I have heard of such early testing. Anyone have any more information on this? Is this a new innovation or has it been done in the past? Seems like a reasonably big deal.

Title: Re: Early Drug Testing
Post by: sighthound on April 25, 2012, 07:03:39 PM

Has been done in the past. Remember, no steroids, either.

Title: Re: Early Drug Testing
Post by: TGJB on April 26, 2012, 08:27:33 AM

Sight-- yeah, no steroids, except for the new clenbuterol derivatives that are 5-10 times stronger and aren\'t being tested for. And maybe some others.

Title: Re: Early Drug Testing
Post by: phil23 on May 05, 2012, 05:06:45 PM

I ask this out of sheer curiosity...

Anyone know if the West Coasters were blood tested beforehand like the GULF horses were?

Title: Re: Early Drug Testing
Post by: sighthound on May 05, 2012, 05:08:07 PM

From what I hear, yes.

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