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Originally Posted by RUFFIAN
Trainer Bob Baffert issued a statement May 11
suggesting Medina Spirit's post-race positive test for betamethasone in the Kentucky Derby
may have been the result of an ointment used to treat the horse for dermatitis.
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I saw in another thread that the ointment in question is otomax. If you've owned any Labrador Retrievers or other big dogs, you may be familiar with it. It is used to treat fungal infections in the ears. I've used it many times on my dogs. Labs seem to all get the infections at one time or another. I've got a small tube of it and it does indeed list betamethasone as an ingredient. Course I'm not a vet nor do I play one on TV so I haven't a clue whether all this makes sense or not. I'm sure we will hear at some point whether a horse could absorb enough drug into its sytem or not by topical application.