By: Erica Larson Anything found naturally in a horse’s body is allowed to be there on a drug test, right? Not necessarily. Cobalt, for example, is a trace mineral found in B vitamins that horses require in tiny amounts for their bodies to function correctly. As a result, all horses have trace amounts of the
Trainers have been put on notice that tests are now available for the prohibited substances xenon and argon gas in horses. The two gases, banned by WADA last year, are categorised as erythropoiesis (EPO) stimulating agents and also hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 stabilisers. On Monday, the Australian Racing Board added the Institute of Biochemistry at
By T.D. Thornton Barely two weeks into 2015, horse racing already has a candidate for scandal of the year: cobalt. Although the bluish metallic element whose name is derived from the German word for a demonic goblin has been linked to equine blood doping for at least two years, cobalt has rocketed to the top
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