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I've done a lot of things in my 63 years. I have widely varying interests from agriculture to medicine. I'm well educated as are my siblings, in-laws and friends. One of my buddies from college is a veterinarian who at one time did the lion's share of the vet work at Fonner Park and even Aksarben before it closed. With my family's background in the equine industry, I know a fair amount about it. Call it comic relief if you want.
The story now is that they were using a topical antifungal preparation called Otomax on the horse for a skin rash which was prescribed by their vet. I don't think that is a labeled use in the horse but it's used commonly in dogs for otitis. What happens often in horses is that there isn't a product with a label indication for oddball conditions so vets will use off label medications for other species. Apparently either they weren't aware that there was betamethasone in the product or more likely they were too stupid to realize that it would be absorbed through an inflammed area of skin. IF this is what actually happened, it should be easily proven by the vet's records. IF he recommended that they use the preparation right up until the race, he'll be in for a very very large lawsuit.Dingle, I do love your avatar, as regardless his demons, he had more musical genuis in his little finger than most ever will in their entire body.
I will say this...
Go Big Red! 🍻
We might even like each other if we met!
For a rash medicine? Seems extremeBaffert- 2 year ban from Churchill Downs
For a rash medicine? Seems extreme
My bad, I should have put the sarcasm emoji up.That and he's got a history of cheating. I think they said he's failed 5 tests this year. It's not his first go round.
It actually is possible that the blood level of betamethasone detected was due to a topical application especially if the rash was in an area the horse could get to lick. Repeated topical applications of steroids to rashes in dogs has been shown to cause Cushings Syndrome which is normally attributed to long term oral or injected steroids. Some are pretty well absorbed through inflammed skin.My bad, I should have put the sarcasm emoji up.