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Originally Posted by Honu

There are threshold limits for every drug that can be legally administered , like here in cali your horse can have a C02 level of 35 millomoles which is considered even higher than what a horse would normally have in their sysytem.
I have been an Asst. Trainer and with all the horses that have came thru our barn we have never had even a close call as far as withdrawl times when following the recomended stoppage time and believe me we have had a lot of horses in our barn.
To me its not all about performance enhancing its about following the rules whatever they might be and alltho you might think its no big deal to have a lil clenbuteral overage or a bute overage , the people who are coming up with these positives are pushing the envelope.
If you thought your horse wasnt able to metabloize a certain drug within the withdrawl time wouldnt the smart and safe thing to do would be pull your horse off the meds even further in advance or get the vet to draw a blood?
Mandella has trained horses for over 30 years and do you know how many positive tests for overages he has had , 2 for bute in 30 years , I dont subscribe to that baloney that "my horse metabolizes slower" its just a bunch of horseshit IMO.

Good for Mandella - his stock just went up further in my book. BTW, can you tell us what ever happened to Newsworthy, haven't seen him since the Baldwin.