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The Meth Positives are getting ridiculous? Clearly this is not from mere contact by a groom or meth user. The Meth is a source substance being used to mask something more nefarious, or its being used in higher concentrations and the wear down after racing is trace amounts. Either way, unless Ronnie is holding job fairs to hire grooms from the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. I would say the Meth is a trace residue from something "new" being used.
Let’s break this down from a chemistry standpoint. First off these therapeutic drugs/ medications absolutely help sore, lame , any breathing,Issues, arthritic & Tye up horses. They most benefit is to get them on board for as long as possible and then off load them while still getting the benefit of the medication. Where trainers get this pic, nano or trigram positive is from pushing the cut off window. Let’s use Akes positive at Delaware, now according to Gural , it’s just to sensitive of a test. Which is grossly inaccurate. Here’s how you get these minute positives. Ake went closer then 72 hrs with Dexamethozone, cut off is 72 hrs, so had he stopped at 72 hours there would have been zero detection, but he as they say pushed the envelope to 68 - 60 hrs. That’s why the low detection level. But Gural and Burke will have you believe this non performance enhancing, which again is just not true. Anytime you can alleviate any of the conditions these therapeutic drugs treat it’s going to improve a horse or human athlete’s performance. Now it’s not going to make a horse who’s bottom is 52 on a mile track that consistently paces home 27 n change all is sudden go in 50 home in 26 n change. Cause that horse without the therapeutic medication at all is most like hanging at 53 home in 28 n change. When the envelope is pushed and cut off window is pushed to exp Dex to 66 hrs then you get these low pic or nano gram positive. As far as trying to blame tap water, no dice cause human athletes would be falling these test all over the country . There’s a little agency with 4 big letters that has the most thorough testing in the world, it’s named WADA.Last point, ever single race commission has a caveat to beat any positive, if the trainer can show that the horse was guarded securely before said horse entered the paddock then said trainer is not responsible. Guy who makes 20 million a year in purses should be able to drug test all his employees weekly, cause most horse race once a week, two he should be able to have all of his horses under 24 hr surveillance. Camera s in the barns, in the trailer s everywhere. Small ask to protect his 20 million dollar empire. But last time I heard Burke doesn’t even have Workmen’s Comps in NY.Why leave it up to anyone but yourself