bdsheets,

Your point about those horses owned/trained by the same connections for 3 or more months previous to the tests are right on. My guess is that most, if not all, of those testing positive were non-claimers and probably fit that category.

I think the real issue is that they are not willing to stick their necks out with regards to the testing and that this was more of a "baseline probe" rather than a "catch and shoot" set of tests.

Still, I think making the results public makes a lot of sense for those horses that had a single owner/trainer. Some may scream and holler but about all they can do is threaten a law suit and I don't think it would carry much weight (although Mall may want to comment). If they tried to enforce penalties then such claims might be more potent but simple publication of results seems pretty safe and fair (for everyone including the rule-abiding trainers and owners and the fans).

Chris

P.S. Here is a completely off topic but funny quote from Charles Barkley that I came across yesterday that I think many of you will get a kick out of:

"You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war."