Indeed. The jiggy statement is a nonsense.
Actually it's a lot worse than that, it is a disgrace.
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Only when they have not cleared the system Aldaniti.
All medicines have a with holding time before which you cannot race even vitamins in some cases. This is not necessarily written on data sheet of medicine so one has to refer to Turf Club rules. This used be the "8 day rule" in olden times.
I imagine it is more like a 28 day rule now.
Eddie O Leary has an old fashioned view of Department Vets.
That a Dept Vet was the main source of steroids in racing stables adds to the irony of his statement.
These days turf club vets inspect training yards more so than Deptartment Of Ag vets.
Sounds like a minefield!
Indeed it can be especially if a cattle vet like myself happens to treat a horse for such a stable !
Very interesting, Ed.
The first two of the eight charges Fenton faces relate to alleged possession of Nitrotain, a paste which contains the anabolic steroid ethylestranol, and Ilium Stanabolic, which contains the anabolic steroid stanozolol. Is there a potentially innocent reason why a trainer would be in possession of these products?
Welsh and Proud.
There might be but I would not like to have them found in my medicines store.
Nitrotrain is the only anabolic steroid to improve peripheral blood flow, and is thus indicated in cases of laminitis, lower leg trauma or disease. No other anabolic steroid demonstrates this ability.
Am I right in assuming that this would be used in a non racing yard then?
Probably so Aldaniti.
That made me laugh
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. We need the Dept of Ag to be fighting for racing at the Cabinet table when the Minister for Finance dishes out the scraps.
A considered, appropriate response showing a bit of cop
Gigi have their own issues with the HRI and probably didn't want to be seen as lightweights.
They will look rather dim if Fenton is found guilty
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
When I googled nitrotrain I found that there were no European sites selling it, it was Australia, South Africa & the US, so perhaps its not meant to be used in the UK etc