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    Senior Member Horse Of The Year Dot will become famous soon enough
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    Testing for elevated TCO2 as a result of milkshaking is best done as close to racetime as possible pre race and on a delay post race to allow the levels to rise again as a result of the administered alkalising agents. Testing all runners pre race only unless you have enough collectors would mean some horses could be tested before TCO2 levels had risen above the threshold.

    For testing for other substances more pre race urine swabs could be collected and those choosen for testing could be determined post race. Don't see why testing should be limited to winners and big improvers, unexpectedly poor performances may warrant testing moreso then an expected winner. In the interests of animal welfare and integrity random testing should also occur amogst also rans to minimise the likelihood of horses on medication participating with connections confident that they won't be tested if they don't win.

    But the biggest threat with regard to prohibited substances, as in human athletes these days, are substances administered during the course of training and eliminated well before raceday but from which the horse still has effects that are beneficial on raceday. Pre or post raceday testing won't detect these, indeed detection is not easy, but needs strategic unexpected out of competition testing.

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    "needs strategic unexpected out of competition testing."

    Would it be seen as victimization if leading stables were unexpectedly told that they were going to have stewards their 16/7 ie 2 stewards sharing day duties for a whole week?
    I hear praise for Shayne Cramp's piece in 'Integrity Matters' but imagine how great the damage of his actions would have been if he was leading Metro trainer

    I see HRV have spent more money on drone technology - maybe that is there answer
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    Well I wouldn't think having stewards present for surveillance for 16 out of 24 hours for 7 days is a strategy that integrity officials would employ. But of course the strategies and techniques used and the stables choosen for additional scrutiny would be entirely at the discretion of integrity officials.

    Surely all participants, leading or not, have equal interest in the provision of a level playing field. Racing doesn't exist in a bubble and most, if not all, participants should be aware that athletes competing at the highest levels in other sporting pursuits are subject to greater scrutiny then those competing at a lower levels. Far from being seen as "victimisation" if a leading stable is targeted for additional scrutiny surely it would be seen as an expected course of action from integrity officials and an acceptable price to pay for success in racing at an elite level, as it is in other sports.

    And of course there is the old adage, if your doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear.

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