Quote Originally Posted by Thevoiceofreason View Post
Wow what a thread this has become..... the lets bash L McCarthy thread.

Lets get some truths into it.

To say L McCarthy has raped the industry simply because he has one positive swab is an absolute disgrace. Many of his winners have been swabbed and have found to be clear of prohibited substances, it would be akin to saying Karloo Mick is no good and Barry Lew would have never won a race with him because a stablemate returned a positive to a steroid.again ridiculous.

These assumptions or accusations could have been made with some validity if the test for Boldenone was discovered last November but that is not the case it has been around for a long time.

Steroids have been banned for years in both equine codes and for years trainers in both codes have experimented with ways around it, both codes any many trainers were using testosterone in very small does a couple of years back until testing again caught up, that is the nature of racing and we need to get used to it.

All the swabs and people mentioned by VVV have one thing in common the drugs that have been found in their horses are not considered therapeutic, so the authorities should act and in my view have done so accordingly, in the end in some case that will be reviewed when the cases are appealed.

Had HRNSW allowed the transfer of horses to B McCarthy not only would it have looked a joke, because regardless of her ability of otherwise it would have been a joke.

This from time to time occurred in the past but HRNSW changed their policy in August last year and have invoked it since, this is not a ruling unique to L McCarthy congratulations to them.

I do have something in common with every other person on this thread in that I have no idea how Boldenone was found in two horses last year but I do know it is in breach of the rules and to me at least it appears our rule makers have acted consistently in both cases...... as an industry what more do we want.

Last time I looked not one jurisdiction in world racing was hanging trainers for positive swabs.
Some dribble here Bill. Many in their ivory towers don't have skin in the game and therefore don't feel the pain of coming 2nd etc to the likes of Luke or other cheats. As they have skin in the game, are hands on etc. .. they have a level of understanding of what it takes to improve a horse etc. . So although you only see the data of 1 positive swab, they through many years in the game have valid reasons to think that there are other factors at play and that there may be more horses being doped.
On your comments around the test. Maybe a new test for Boldonene came in that you or others didn't know about. You don't know everything. Why did Barry Lew and Luke Mc go on the same night? Luke then comes out to say that he's never heard of the stuff. . Well, if he's as professional as all suggest, then I'd expect him to know what Boldonene is.