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[Carol S. via Derby]

What totally irks me is the but it didn't change the outcome argument.  Who
cares???  If the rule is Zero, 21 picograms is a Violation and the penalty
is a DQ if the B sample comes back positive.
I'm not surprised he has an army of Pharmacologists.  But he should find
new ones given his 30 positives!

Training by chemicals at it's finest :(


On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 1:09 PM Terry Bjork via Derby <
derby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Story from Horse Racing Nation a friend posted on another site has Baffert
> blaming (possibly) an anti-fungal. Says they just discovered it contained
> betamethasone as an ingredient. Isn't knowing what's in stuff you put in/on
> horses supposed to be part and parcel of trainer responsibility?
>
> But the most interesting quote from Bob in the story, at least to me, was
> at the very end:
>
> "Medina Spirit earned his Kentucky Derby win, and my pharmacologists have
> told me that 21 picograms of betamethasone would have had no effect on the
> outcome of the race."
>
> So from that can we conclude that
>
> a) Baffert apparently employs pharmacologists (plural), and
>
> b) they know exactly what does and does not affect the outcome of horse
> races?
>
> Wow big league horse racing is surely its own animal.
>
>
> "Pharmacologist
>
> Pharmacologists are knowledgeable professionals who focus their work into
> researching and understanding the chemical processes that take place
> between living organisms and different substances and compounds. The main
> purpose of a Pharmacologist is to create, develop, and test new
> medications."
>
>
>
> https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Baffert_Betamethasone_might_have_come_from_anti_fungal_treatment_123
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