Monday, January 20, 2014

The Horse: Excessive Cobalt Levels Detected in Meadowlands Racehorses

Drug testing at an East Rutherford, N.J., harness racing track in has revealed high cobalt levels in two racehorses' blood.
In a written statement on its website, The Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment said out-of-competition testing revealed an excessive amount of cobalt in the two horses' blood. Cobalt was presumably used as a performance-enhancing substance, the statement said. As a result of the testing, two unnamed trainers were banned from racing at The Meadowlands; Vernon Downs, in Vernon, N.Y.; and Tioga Downs, in Nichols, N.Y., the statement said.

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