Can\'t wait to see it.  Should be very instructive to learn how being wrong is a lot like being right.

Interesting review of one man\'s history.  He\'ll always have an * next to his name.
 Even more interesting to see what happens going forward.  Any opinions as to whether other current, ongoing investigations of other trainers might triangulate onto other (more serious) problems in Baffert\'s barn? Maybe its just long open gallops, better water, better hay, and oats?

No exceptions here? While Lasix as a masking agent can be discussed there are legitimate medical uses that benefit the horse.

Any data on field size before and after the rules change?  Generally smaller?

I don\'t think anybody is lining up to take those California stalls

Here you go-
The half life of Lasix is around 2 hours so it\'s not around long.  


Immunoassay detection of drugs in racing horses. VI. Detection of furosemide (Lasix) in equine blood by a one step ELISA and PCFIA.
Woods WE1, Wang CJ, Houtz PK, Tai HH, Wood T, Weckman TJ, Yang JM, Chang SL, Blake JW, Tobin T, et al.
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A one step enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a particle concentration fluorescent immunoassay (PCFIA) test for furosemide were evaluated as part of a panel of pre- and post-race tests for illegal medication of racing horses. These tests are very sensitive to furosemide with an I-50 for furosemide of about 20 ng/ml. The test is also rapid; an average pre-race complement of 10 samples can be analyzed in 90 minutes or less. The ELISA test results can be read with an inexpensive spectrophotometer, or even by eye. Both the PCFIA test and the ELISA test readily detect the presence of furosemide in equine blood for up to five hours after administration of the recommended therapeutic dose of this agent. The principal utility of these tests lies in rapid screening of samples for compliance with regulations governing the use of furosemide. Thus these tests can be used pre-race to determine whether horsemen have treated their horses with furosemide, and post-race to perform an initial evaluation of whether certain blood concentrations of furosemide have been exceeded. Pilot trials with these systems in Kentucky and Illinois suggest that these tests are economical and effective, and can form part of an analytical approach to substitute for the detention barn system of monitoring furosemide administration.

This is what we have been using- easy recovery for the horse and usually effective:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6936/494b73c8cad72c4d0c33cacc9f37f36d8a9d.pdf

This brings up another interesting point for handicapping races- I\'m guessing we would agree that the horses health impacts his performance and until its well understood what medicines they take and what procedures they\'ve had as well as the anticipated outcomes from those procedures then there will be a big variable that is not accounted for in analysis. It also may not be quantifiable because the data around outcomes is limited.

I heard SE went really well yesterday morning and is full go.  She\'ll want to be the controlling speed on Friday.  So Will Bellafina.  Jaywalk doesn\'t seem to have matured as much as some in the class -at least as yet.  Who cleans up if the speed collapses the front end here?

C\'mon man- now you need to tell the story for those of us that haven\'t heard it.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/04/01/peta-gavin-newsom-santa-anita-park-horse-deaths/

Here is the link for those interested also check out @jbark131 on twitter-

Can you also get fatalities to me plot with this?  Would be fascinating

Wow!

Another training fatality at SA today?  When does the BC jump ship and move? Surface or Supplements?

Frustrating to have the winner and get a nice ticket taken down- wish there was a totally non partisan “federal” decision maker that saw all jurisdictions in the same way!

Any group opinion on the double DQ yesterday in the last at CD?  Looked like the 8 should’ve stayed up to me?

would love to see it when avail- always interesting to see how folks evaluate big races