Chief Stipe Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 One of my favourite cartoons of the current pandemic (attached) has caused me to think of the practicalities and cost of pre-race testing. Questions% 1. Do you pre sample ALL races and trials? Given the alleged cheating examples posted by @Joe Bloggs then you would have to test ALL races and ALL trials. 2. Having pre sampled a race do you only test the first four placings or do you test ALL starters? 3. Do you take the samples and randomly test a subset? 4. What are the costs of a full blood analysis? 5. Can the industry afford a Rolls-Royce testing regime? The money would have to come from Stakes. 6. What is the animal welfare impact on continual blood sampling? 7. Would it actually return any more positives than are returned currently? 8. Would the industry be blindsided by unplaced horses returning positives and potentially more environmental cross contamination positives? 9. If the testing regime was broadened so widely would the ZERO Tolerance policy need to be revisited I.e. if the levels detected of a therapeutic wasn't at a level that did anything was it still a positive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 I guess everyone just wants universal pre-race testing. Just let the Feds sort out what to do and how to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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