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Found this.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/sports/horse-racing-discovers-new-drug-problem-one-linked-to-frogs.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Found this.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/sports/horse-racing-discovers-new-drug-problem-one-linked-to-frogs.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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They are wantonly killing horses and treating the lives of jockeys with blatant disregard.
Where do i get it and how much does it cost for a tonne!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
i have heard that name somewhere before rio......ask your boss if you can go home early :lol: :lol:
spoken like a true catholic rio!
they reckon humans are above animals. :lol: :lol:
i need some help, so maybe i can test it first, being a heathen and all....rusty??
So boys....you want me to 'hop' to it and get some frog juice gear for youse?
8) :P
Sorry, but I can't Ker-mit to do that!!!
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The above question was posed on another thread and could explain carey's interest :D :D
Your avatar is good enough for me... For a few more years anyway .... :lol: :lol:
Actually is tough for us to be too harsh on the yanks with the problems we have here with milkshakes and wayward jockeys... Would be great to take the moral high ground and say how shocking their industry is...but we need to clean up our own backyard first..
by: Ron Mitchell
June 28 2012, Article # 20233
Test samples taken from some runners in this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) are among those now being tested for dermorphin, a powerful painkiller detected in more than 30 racehorses horses in recent weeks.
According to Mary Scollay, DVM, equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, the state's equine laboratory began testing for dermorphin last week. That process includes retrospective testing of samples taken from this year's Derby and Oaks entrants.
In Kentucky, a minimum of three post-race samples from graded stakes races are tested, with the stewards typically selecting one more horse for testing, for a total of four per race, according to Scollay. She said there were five samples taken among the 20 horses that ran in the Derby and four from the Oaks.
Under Kentucky regulations, all post-race samples are retained for six months. A subset of those samples is then retained for an extended period and the state is able to test the retained samples as "emerging threats are identified and corresponding testing becomes available," Scollay said in an e-mail response to an inquiry about Kentucky's testing protocol for dermorphin.
"Samples from the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are currently being subjected to analysis for dermorphin," Scollay said. "Additional retained samples, representing a cross-section of the racing population, will also be subjected."
Dermorphin, a fluid obtained from certain South American frogs, is a hepta-peptide that is a natural opiate more potent than morphine but less likely to produce addiction; it can kill pain, stimulate running, and suppress the feeling of exhaustion after exercise, according to the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA). The NHBPA said the organization has "zero tolerance" for trainers who use illegal Class 1 and 2 substances. Dermorphin is a Class 1 drug under the classification of the Association of Racing Commissioners International.
The dermorphin positives have been found primarily in horses that raced in the Southwest and Louisiana and were first detected in tests conducted by Industrial Laboratories in Colorado.
In the latest positive, stewards at Louisiana Downs June 22 suspended trainer Keith Charles for the maximum six months and sent the case to the Louisiana Racing Commission for further action, noting that the "penalty imposed is insufficient."
According to the ruling, Charles-trained Cold Hearted Babe tested positive for dermorphin after finishing second in the second race May 27. The filly was disqualified and her $1,500 share of the purse redistributed.
Originally posted on Bloodhorse.com.
10-Year Suspension in Doping Case
By Charles D. Brunt / Journal Staff Writer on Wed, Sep 26, 2012
Prominent horse trainer John H. Bassett, one of three trainers whose quarter horses tested positive for an exotic painkiller at Ruidoso Downs in May, has been suspended from racing for 10 years, fined $10,000 and ordered to return any purse money won by the drugged horses.
In addition, the trainer for horses owned or partly owned by state Racing Commissioner Ray Willis and his wife, Lola, also was suspended and fined for doping.
Bassett, who has trained two winners of the racetrack’s prestigious $2 million-plus All American Futurity, was handed the sanctions Saturday by New Mexico Racing Commission stewards, following a hearing in Hobbs.
The sanctions reflect what had been the state’s maximum penalty for the use of the drug dermorphin, a potent painkiller derived from the skin of a tree frog native to South America. Each infraction carried a maximum penalty of five years’ suspension, a $5,000 fine and return of purse money.
Since the May infractions, the governor-appointed New Mexico Racing Commission has adopted more stringent regulations on horse doping, including harsher penalties. Under the new rules, owners can be held liable along with the trainers. Under the old rules, owners could not be penalized.
BASSETT: Faced sanctions after horse death
Dermorphin is 40 times more powerful than morphine, according to Steven Barker, director of the Equine Medication Surveillance Laboratory at Louisiana State University. By using painkillers like demorphin, trainers can mask an injured horse’s pain and still race the horse, but at the risk of a catastrophic breakdown that can injure the horse and its rider.
Two horses for which Bassett was responsible — Don’t Tell Lila, owned by Mason King and Kim Kessinger, and Head Trauma, owned by Lyle Guillory — tested positive for the drug during the May 25 trials for the $600,000 Ruidoso Futurity, which was run June 9.
Seven other horses — five trained by Jeffrey Heath Reed and two trained by Carlos Sedillo — also tested positive for dermorphin during the futurity trials that day. Hearings on those cases are pending.
One of Reed’s dermorphin-positive horses, Jess A Zoomin, broke down at Ruidoso Downs on Aug. 17 and had to be euthanized after posting the second-fastest qualifying time for this year’s $2.4 million All American Futurity, billed as the world’s richest quarter horse race.
Stewards also levied sanctions Saturday against trainer Carl W. Draper. One Draper-trained horse, Separate Battle, tested positive for ractopamine during the Ruidoso Futurity trials. Separate Battle is owned by Sheryl Cox and Lola Willis.
Three of Draper’s other horses, owned entirely or partly by the Willises, tested positive for ractopamine the following day during trials for the $679,000 Ruidoso Derby, which was run June 9.
Ractopamine is a substance that mimics the effects of steroids. Though used primarily to build muscle mass in pigs, it can be used illegally to build muscle in horses and increase their strength and endurance.
Draper was found in violation of four ractopamine counts, suspended for 300 days, fined $6,000 and ordered to forfeit his winnings, according to Racing Commission executive director Vince Mares.
Stung by a New York Times story in March that was highly critical of New Mexico’s horse racing industry, the state Racing Commission has scrambled to address a number of problems. The Times article said New Mexico’s five racinos collectively had the worst safety record in the nation, and that lax rules allowed trainers to illegally drug their horses with near impunity.
Though state racing officials say the Times article portrayed the state unfairly, they admit the state has been inconsistent in its enforcement and sanctions.
Since then, the Racing Commission has adopted a number of doping-related regulations crafted by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, which some industry officials say will help clean up horse racing in the United States.
— This article appeared on page A1 of the Albuquerque Journal
It would be great to think that none of this were going on at all, especially in WA but I think we would be naive to think that no one cheated ever.
the topic of Demorphin was raised by another forum member, and the two articles posted are recent updates on the latest happenings with this new drug. While it may be a negative for some, I see it as a positive that there is already a test and a conviction for this drug.
I'd rather know that stewards are punishing the cheaters, than sticking our collective heads in the sand.
This site is designed for those that love racing and the spirit that is racing, and cheaters do not belong, so they should be outed quicksmart. I know where you're coming from wilson, but if we were all racing for ribbons, reckon there'd be less cheating going on, or maybe none at all (because what trainers would be training for nil wages and what owners would invest in horseflesh for nil prizemoney) - the money dictates what some people will do to win a race.