If you trained Gamine, would you dope her? Treating her 18 days out is well within the withdrawal time they set. He admits giving it to her and she still tested positive, which suggests her metabolism is different than other equines.
I agree with TGJB, he ain’t dumb, he is aware of the situation he is in. This should be interesting. Delaware threw out Pletchers positive for this very same thing. If you are testing at the picogram level, the place needs to be spotless , the grooms and assistants should be in hazmat suits, and so on. Figure the horse weighs a 1000 pounds, is 21 picograms , +-5 picograms , going to affect a horse.
Like I said, I am not good at math , but horse equals 28,000 grams and the level of betameth equals .000000000021 grams . Come on!
