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[Josh Kuperman via Derby]

I am curious if any tracks have a simple requirement to require random
testing of a fixed percentage of the runners after races. I ask because
without this if they limited testing to winners or to the discretion of the
stewards it would strike me that races are being run with an invitation to
drug horses. I am also curious if any tracks publicly post their drug
testing policies, not necessarily everything they test for, but how often
they test and how often something comes back positive.

I remember a while back when Bill Mott fought against a positive, and I
believe that he was honest when he said that he did everything right and
followed the rules, and NYRA was right that it didn't matter because a
positive test is a positive test. I just have trouble believing that there
isn't a whole lot more mishandling of medication going on that is going
either undetected or unreported.

If there was at least a 10 percent chance of thorough testing every time a
horse ran I don't think we'd be having these problems. But for all, I know
they are way more vigorous than that already.

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Josh Kuperman
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