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Originally Posted by Kasept
Looks like you slipped right past the powerful Kim Saunders string in with several too Wednesday... 
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Kim Jackson.
Contessa got 15 days for Lidocaine which is legal and used all over the backside. The caveat is that a horse can't be exposed to it for 96 hours prior to a race - apparently every horse, regardless of tolerance, should have zero trace of this in the blood after 96 hours, or they have some sort of a subjective threshhold, I'm not an expert by any stretch -
"In New York State Lidocaine has restricted usage labeling it a Class 2 foreign substance. A horse must have no contact with the Lidocaine substance 96 hours (4 days) prior to post time of the race in which they are entered. Whats interesting, New York State permits the use of topical applications at any time up to race".
So.... it's conceivable that a horse can test positive for it even if said horse had not been treated systemically for it within the guidelines... depends on the horse's own physiology/tolerance, as it could potentially absorb enough topically to be detected in a blood test...Gotta love it, NY.
Not making excuses for him, but it's not exactly a milkshake or EPO, which ARE used to cheat.... Why the hate Steve?
