TP,

I guess you bet on Masochistic when he ran 2nd in the BC Sprint in 2016.

From Paulick Report: https://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/questions-remain-steroids-likely-breeders-cup-dq-masochistic/

[i]Question Four (Why were Breeders' Cup officials not told by the California Horse Racing Board that out-of-competition testing indicated Masochistic had stanozolol in his system just over a week before his race?): The fact the California Horse Racing Board could not inform the Breeders' Cup of an out-of-competition finding is the ultimate catch-22. Masochistic was tested out of competition because of a participation agreement in a Breeders' Cup challenge race, the Pat O'Brien Stakes at Del Mar. [b]The out-of-competition testing program was paid for by the Breeders' Cup, but there is a California Horse Racing Board Rule, 1842, dealing with horses placed on the vet's list for medication, that reads: “Any such report is confidential and its content shall not be disclosed except in a proceeding before the stewards or the Board, or in exercise of the Board's jurisdiction.”[/b]
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In addition, California's Veterinary Practice Act protects patient-veterinary confidentiality. So the regulatory board could not communicate to Breeders' Cup the fact a horse tested positive out of competition for a drug that is only prohibited on race day.

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Conspiracy?? Nah....just the horseplayer/gambler taking it on the chin being presented with races to gamble on in the BC when some Powers that Be including trainer and CHRB knew the horse had anabolic steroids in his system. Luckily the rule is 6 months now. But since the OOC tests are likely confidential we don't have all the information we should have. Wonder if they tested for the Zenyatta Stakes? And I wonder if they tested all, some or none? But we will never know.....in a game where information is king.