Here is something I posted back in early October on the Luke McCarthy thread.
I was considered mad for thinking that Luke McCarthy might have a defense similar to the one he was actually using.
"It took 18 months for Racing NSW stewards to even charge Gai Waterhouse over her Boldenone positive in 2007, let alone the appeal.
HRNSW stewards are well inside this time frame, this is now the appeal stage and McCarthy is entitled to mount a strong defense, if as part of that defense HRNSW needs to produce new expert evidence to refute expert opinion produced by the McCarthy team at appeal so be it.
You have to remember its not 100 years ago that many Gallops Trainers in Queensland were penalised for positive Caffeine swabs which were all later found to be an error in the testing process hard to say here is your six months back.
I have always been just a little worried that we had 2 Boldernone positives in the one night from the one track it is a pretty amazing coincidence."
Brad you will find the Maclean newsagency in river street I think, for that lottery ticket.
Now HRNSW is in my view obligated to retest the swab from the Barry Lew horse. It was collected on the same night, in the same pan, under the same conditions as Luke Mc Carthy's horse, it is also an entire as I have said before the two on the same night to the same naturally occurring substance has always worried me.
Whatever unexplained chemical alteration took place,if the samples are still about then order a retest and put the issues to bed once and for all.
As VVV and I have yelled from the rooftops only to be drowned out...... not every positive swab means you are as labeled a drug cheat.
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