Richiebee,

True that mepivocaine is used in horse dental work,eg wolf teeth extractions etc.As a nerve deadening agent it can have other obvious uses to help a horse.Some of the people who are trying to wage the performance enhancing drug battle often speak of "cocktails". These cocktails are alleged to be a chemists mix of several potent drugs with a changing formula and additives that enhance secretion from the horse asap(thought to be during the race when profound sweating occurs)The mystery is how far out it is given.Some feel that the cocktail is not a race day thing,leaving them even more perplexed as to why pre and post race tests are negative.


I still feel that detention barns, shake testing etc are meager attempts by track operators to appear to be serious about curtailing performance enhancing drugs.Short of a handle strike by players, this will never go away.


Mike