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phil23

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Early Drug Testing
« on: April 25, 2012, 06:12:34 PM »
Last night on Twitter, Luis Castro, a vet at Palm Meadows, tweeted that blood was taken from horses pointed to next week.  The exact quote is this:

\"Blood samples were drawn today on all Oaks & Derby probable runners stabled at Palm Meadows. #out-of-competitiondrugtesting\"

https://twitter.com/#!/LuisCastroDVM

1st time I have heard of such early testing.  Anyone have any more information on this?  Is this a new innovation or has it been done in the past?  Seems like a reasonably big deal.
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sighthound

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Re: Early Drug Testing
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 09:03:39 PM »
Has been done in the past.  Remember, no steroids, either.
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Re: Early Drug Testing
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 10:27:33 AM »
Sight-- yeah, no steroids, except for the new clenbuterol derivatives that are 5-10 times stronger and aren\'t being tested for. And maybe some others.
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Re: Early Drug Testing
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2012, 07:06:45 PM »
I ask this out of sheer curiosity...

Anyone know if the West Coasters were blood tested beforehand like the GULF horses were?
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Re: Early Drug Testing
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2012, 07:08:07 PM »
From what I hear, yes.
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