ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It shouldn’t take more than three years for horse doping allegations to either impose discipline against a trainer or be put out to pasture.
Renowned quarter horse trainer Paul C. Jones is appealing a doping charge after a horse he trained won a July 2011 race at Ruidoso Downs and then tested positive for zilpaterol. The fast-acting drug is used to build muscle mass in cattle prior to slaughter, but it is not approved for use in horses, where it can produce symptoms similar to methamphetamine in humans.
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