Quote Originally Posted by mark diegutis View Post
And for what its worth, what sort of person would use something like methamphetamine on their horse? What did the RSPCA think about that? That person should not be allowed near a horse.
I agree wholeheartedly Brad . I can't understand why some of these cases are not handed over to the police . Any positive swab is also an act of cruelty .[/QUOTE]

Mark

With the greatest of respect not the cases discussed here but many positive swabs in both codes are the simple miscalculation of Therapeutic drugs.

That is about as far from an act of cruelty as you can get ..its only been in the last 2 years for example that Harness Trainers could treat their horses for the common condition of stomach ulcers without being deemed to have a positive swab. Those that used these drugs to treat a common problem got a positive. Was that cruel, of course not in fact it helped the horse.

As you well know some positive findings can also be traced back to horses grazing on weeds and grasses, should we call theses people cheats or ring the police ... The horses are still disqualified because the drug all be it naturally occurring is in their system but that is it ....There was a recent one in the Gallops and I have heard of many more as I am sure you are only too aware.

So lets not get over dramatic.