Baffert and betamethasone

[Electrocutionist]

I agree, his story made no sense and it took him a while to land on an explanation that made scientific sense (Otomax). My own speculation is that it was more likely to have been caused by a joint injection administered too close to race day, and clearance could have been inhibited by the Otomax. But that is speculation, I have no facts in that regard. Regardless, if the standard is to disqualify for any amount found, then the split sample will confirm the truth. And if the split sample doesn\'t, then there is something seriously wrong with the chain of custody of samples, which could really explode the entire story.

[HP]

You don’t chime in when he calls people names? Okay! I’ll lick my wounds now.

[TGJB]

I deleted one of his.

[T Severini]

Silver Charm Wrote:
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> Fairmount1 its all good. Teflon works
>
> Let me know when you are back down here for a GP
> Meeting. The days of going to the Track are
> thankfully back. Racing needs to act. Decisively
> and coordinated. Public confidence counts and some
> of the outfits are public companies.


Good Evening...Hope everyone had a profitable Preakness. Having played Baffert to X X it could have been better.

See Silver Charm is having some problems with Baffert\'s Beats this weekend.  (Baffert had no other horses on the card so you had to bet against him upon Faith that you understood his canard. Silver the key evidence against \'Ol Bobby Boy is the consecutive year Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby positives with Gamine and Medina Spirit with positive amounts that indicate injection about 3 days prior. Today, Baffert was too scared to run normal Modus Operandi. The odds tended to indicate many were onto the scenario.

[Bet Twice]

Good post, thank you.

[JimP]

\"indicate injection about 3 days prior\"
Am I understanding correctly that this would be perfectly legal if the medication clears the system by post race testing but becomes illegal if any trace remains? If so, then whether it was administered topically or by injection isn\'t relevant. It\'s only about correctly understanding how fast the medication clears the system.

[Molesap]

According to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s April 2020 drug withdrawal time guidelines, betamethasone may be administered intra-articularly up to 14 days prior to a race. The acceptable threshold level was reduced from 10 picograms per milliliter (mL) in serum or plasma to zero in August 2020, hence some of the confusion over the incorrect 10 picogram level. So no, you cannot administer it three days out.

[T Severini]

There is a Split Sample to test and a likely decision for the Stewards to make regarding Penalties.

Do you know what New York\'s position is upon administering the Steroid in question?

[Molesap]

The NY standard is 10 pg/ml in plasma and a horse may not race for the following periods of time:

(2) for at least seven days following a joint injection of a corticosteroid; and the following corticosteroids may be administered only by means of a joint injection: betamethasone, isoflupredone, any formulation of methylprednisolone and any formulation of triamcinolone;