Derby Drugs

[Mik]

What drugs showed up?

[Copper]

Mr. Baffert has explained that the stories are not true.

[George K]

@mik betamethasone.

At twice the allowed blood level.

[Mik]

Steroids. Ugh.

[Catseye3]

Yes, meant to address 'pain and inflammation'.

[Mik]

Annnd..."I guess we did it after all'.

https://www.aol.com/sports/bob-baffert-admits-treated-medina-164337375.html

[George K]

@catseye3 said in Derby Drugs:

Yes, meant to address 'pain and inflammation'.

Well, steroids have no intrinsic analgesic properties. However, their anti-inflammatory properties do give a measure of pain relief as a secondary effect.

Horse vets still use “Bute” - butazoladine - for pain control as well. It’s a potent, potent antiflammatory. Good drug for humans too, unless it turns off your bone marrow.

[Doctor Phibes]

Blaming 'cancel culture' for all kinds of shenaniganery is set to become a thing, I suspect.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in Derby Drugs:

Blaming 'cancel culture' for all kinds of shenaniganery is set to become a thing, I suspect.

Yes, douches like this guy will use it as a convenient excuse, which will suck.

[Catseye3]

Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind -- and put horse racing's latest controversy on the back burner.

Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid that would have carried a giant asterisk.
https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/31451355/rombauer-wins-2021-preakness-stakes-11-1-odds
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A good thing. Racing dodged a bullet.

[Mik]

Rombauer was magnificent. But then each Triple Crown race gets longer than the previous one.