Re: pletcher (698 Views)
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SJU5 (IP Logged)
Date: June 30, 2005 09:51PM
OK Jerry...just got in...lot's of talk regading TP eh?
1st comment: Why does it take 11 months for the NYS Racing Commision to discuss the positive results of a test with TP? The drug test results are confirmed by Cornell in 48-72 hours by GC/MS confirmation. Jockey's are reviewed and meet with NYS stewards within 48 hours for their transgressions and suspended quickly. Trainers can wait 10-11 months??? Sounds very fishy with NYS Racing Board. I can't think of any possible legitimate reasons why the delay in drug test result notifications by the stewards.
Here's more info regarding the time the drug in question is retained in the kidneys before it's excreted (and this is for kidneys that are NOT on lasix which quicken the urine flow):
" Mepivacaine, because of its amide structure, is not detoxified by the circulating plasma esterases. Mepivacaine is rapidly metabolized. The liver is the principal site of metabolism, with over 50 per cent of the administered dose being excreted into the bile as metabolites. Most of the metabolized mepivacaine is probably resorbed in the intestine and then excreted into the urine, since only a small percentage is found in the feces. The principal route of excretion is via the kidneys. Most of the anaesthetic and its metabolites are eliminated within 30 hours.
A percentage of up to 16 per cent of the dose administered is excreted unchanged in the urine."
So this talk that the drug stays in system LONGER than expected is questionable at best. IMO, the horse raced within that 30 hour window after getting this injection if enough of the drug showed in a post race drug test!
I hope you got my other email regarding supplements!
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