All samples collected from Breeders’ Cup-participating horses have been cleared by the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory on the College of California, Davis, based on the California Horse Racing Board.
All horses competing in Breeders’ Cup races Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar had been examined for TCO2 ranges of their blood, testing meant to discourage a follow often known as “milkshaking.” Publish-race testing was additionally carried out for prohibited medicine on the primary 4 finishers in all Breeders’ Cup races and any further random horses chosen by the stewards per CHRB protocol. Publish-race testing was carried out on each blood and urine samples.
The Maddy Laboratory’s customary protocols search for all kinds of compounds of concern for racing integrity, akin to anabolic steroids, beta2-agonists (bronchodilators), selective androgen receptor modulators, erythropoietin, and different related doping brokers. All post-race samples had been examined for cobalt.
The Maddy Laboratory additional cleared samples on 69 horses that competed in undercard races.
There have been no equine fatalities, nor any observable accidents to the horses throughout races, based on the CHRB.
Some horses had been scratched on the beginning gate, together with one prematurely by a regulatory veterinarian—Modern Games . Placed back into the race, he won Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) when racing for purse money only.
Carl Woods, an assistant starter injured in the starting gate before the Juvenile Turf, informed the CHRB that he is fine and back to work.
