To take New York as an example, only certain substances can get a trainer in trouble. Section 180.51 of the N.Y. Penal Law is probably what you have in mind:

"S 180.51 Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree.

A person is guilty of tampering with a sports contest in the first degree when, with intent to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel horse race:

1. He affects any equine animal involved in the conduct or operation of a pari-mutuel horse race by administering to the animal in any manner whatsoever any controlled substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law . . ."

I couldn't determine in the quick check I did whether mepivacaine is a controlled substance or not. And, of course, one of the larger questions is how prosecutors could make progress when a lot of what is being adminstered remains unknown to the regulators.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2005 05:00PM by Caradoc.