By: Jim Dunleavy The Delaware Racing Commission at its Wednesday meeting signed off on the appeal decision and penalty order for trainer Ramon Preciado, who had two clenbuterol positives at Delaware Park last summer. Preciado’s 21-day suspension began Thursday. A blood sample taken from Trouble Kid, who is trained by Preciado, tested positive for clenbuterol
By: Andrew Eddy Father-and-daughter training partners Terry and Karina O’Sullivan have been hit with a second positive to a prohibited substance with Racing Victoria stewards charging the pair on Wednesday over the use of anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone on their galloper Dandy Gent. Just last week, the pair were notified that Darragh had produced a positive
By: Tom LaMarra A study designed to determine the levels of exercise-industry pulmonary hemorrhage in 2-year-olds racing in South Florida is complete, but the data won't be released until a scientific paper is published after peer review. The study, which involved 814 endoscopic examinations, was headed by Dr. Stephen Selway of the Gulfstream Equine Surgical
By: Pat Raia The World Health Organization (WHO) has opposed a Chinese United Nations (U.N.) delegation request of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs to place a commonly used anesthetic and analgesic, ketamine, under international control. The Chinese delegation made its request—which would restrict veterinarians’ ability to access it—in March 2015 on grounds that ketamine
By: Jim Dunleavy Ramon Preciado, the leading trainer at Parx Racing the past two years, had two clenbuterol positives at Delaware Park last summer and has been fined $1,500 and suspended 21 days by the Delaware Racing Commission. Preciado’s first positive came in the first race Aug. 26, when Trouble Kid won a $25,000 starter-allowance
Hugo Palmer will have to give back one of the group races he won in 2015, as his Home Of The Brave (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) has been disqualified from his win in the G3 Minstrel S. at The Curragh last July. The colt tested positive for the banned substance hydroxydantrolene and the news sees Gordon
By: Frank Vespe Trainers whose horses are claimed must provide the state veterinarian a record of all joint injections the horse has received in the 30 days prior to the claim, according to a new policy adopted effective January 1 by the Maryland Jockey Club. The information must be provided within 72 hours and will
By: Ray Paulick In the “whatever happened to” department, we have some closure on a high-profile drug disqualification in Quarter horse racing from last year. The case involved Lilly Is First, winner of the $337,186 Mountain Top New Mexico Quarter Horse Futurity at Ruidoso Downs June 13, 2015. Owned in partnership by Ruidoso Downs owner
By: Racingbase Staff Harness racing trainer Mary-Jane Mifsud has been disqualified for 7 years and 6 months following the conclusion of an inquiry into a cobalt positive taken from Mister Bellisimo. The Kilmore horsewoman pleaded guilty after six-year-old gelding (now seven) Mister Bellisimo returned cobalt above the legal threshold following his victory in Race
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