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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a drug test last week, calling into question his victory and spurring speculation about whether the colt might lose its title just before the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown event. (He didn’t.) Trainer Bob Baffert first denied the charges but later admitted he’d treated the horse with an antifungal ointment, maintaining he wasn’t aware it contained the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone.
This latest scandal is part of a rising tide in horse racing: last year the U.S. government indict more than two dozen trainers, veterinarians, and drug distributors for participating in doping rings. In 2019 the Jockey Club released a report calling for reform in the horse racing industry after the deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack in California, citing improper drug use as a critical problem. (
Horsetalk.co.nz New test can identify gene doping in horses
Researchers have developed a test to identify gene doping in horses.
The test, created by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, can detect the local administration of illicit, gene doping therapies in equine athletes.
Gene doping agents, unlike other small-molecule pharmaceuticals, trigger cells to produce performance-enhancing proteins.
These proteins, which often are more elusive because of their virtually indistinguishable characteristics from naturally occurring proteins within the body, can make it more difficult to determine whether an animal or human has had gene therapy administered.
The new test is described as a significant breakthrough in the collective fight to advance the welfare and integrity of sport for both horses and humans.
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