EPO detected in a Standardbred

[NatHillIV]

Hopefully, possibly, maybe? the test for EPO is getting better ?

"Blood samples drawn (post race) from XXXXXXX XXX XXXX were tested and found to contain Darbepoetin Alpha (DPO) this is a class 1 drug with an A penalty(one year suspension and $10,000 fine)."

https://ustrottingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Rulings-06052026.pdf

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Trainer is an ex Philly Cop. He has several racing at Monticello with another trainer.

[Yonkers1A]

This misfit must have missed the half life window. I hope testing has caught up, I’m guessing he gave it to close to race day

[MCR]

Watch for the red hot Petrelli barn to cool off at monti

[seen2much]

Hopefully, possibly, maybe? the test for EPO is getting better ?

"Blood samples drawn (post race) from XXXXXXX XXX XXXX were tested and found to contain Darbepoetin Alpha (DPO) this is a class 1 drug with an A penalty(one year suspension and $10,000 fine)."

https://ustrottingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Rulings-06052026.pdf

I will believe that if Many Yonkers trainers get busted.
It is weird that the third place horse got tested. Was someone tipped off?

[G]

Watch for the red hot Petrelli barn to cool off at monti

I've been watching...the EPO barn

[Pacer 2]

There's been a number of trainers that had EPO positives. They get punished.

[NatHillIV]

There's been a number of trainers that had EPO positives. They get punished.

Thanks for the clarification.  It was the first time I had seen an EPO positive in the USTA reports. I check them pretty regularly.

[Yonkers1A]

There's been a number of trainers that had EPO positives. They get punished.

about .01% get caught, the really clueless ones

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

about .01% get caught, the really clueless ones

And.on average over 80% of purses in the states are subsidized by state generated funds. That includes sire stakes which are funded mostly by state ag funds. You know, finance racefixing cheaters who load horses with God knows what so they can say they grow hay and preserve farmland. And for the silent honest people, time to speak up. Stop contacting me for help then saying you gotta stay anonymous. Things will loosen up very soon in NJ with that one example I exposed this week. 

[Pacer 2]

Thanks for the clarification.  It was the first time I had seen an EPO positive in the USTA reports. I check them pretty regularly.

   I've seen a bunch. 

[AgentQ]

And.on average over 80% of purses in the states are subsidized by state generated funds. That includes sire stakes which are funded mostly by state ag funds. You know, finance racefixing cheaters who load horses with God knows what so they can say they grow hay and preserve farmland. And for the silent honest people, time to speak up. Stop contacting me for help then saying you gotta stay anonymous. Things will loosen up very soon in NJ with that one example I exposed this week. 

Go after the inept racing commissions, they all should be levelled to ground. Putting it on horsemen has never worked and never will. Sure the commissions should have an anonymous 1-800 number to facilitate useful info that fellow industry participants can offer up but until the local commissions get much much better at doing their jobs it's never going to a fair playing field.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Go after the inept racing commissions, they all should be levelled to ground. Putting it on horsemen has never worked and never will. Sure the commissions should have an anonymous 1-800 number to facilitate useful info that fellow industry participants can offer up but until the local commissions get much much better at doing their jobs it's never going to a fair playing field.

Have to go over their heads to the politicians who have something to lose by finding the dead game. The commissions are still tethered to the scum that governs the game.