Race Horse Tests Positive For Viagra, Trainer Under Investigation

[Initech]

Renowned quarter horse trainer John Stinebaugh has been suspended for 16 years, fined $40,000 and ordered to forfeit $8,000 in purses after four horses under his care tested positive for Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra.
Quarter horse trainer John Stinebaugh has been suspended for 16 years, fined $40,000 and ordered to forfeit $8,000 in purses by the New Mexico Racing Commission. (Courtesy of Greg Thompson/StallioneSearch.com)

Quarter horse trainer John Stinebaugh has been suspended for 16 years, fined $40,000 and ordered to forfeit $8,000 in purses by the New Mexico Racing Commission. (Courtesy of Greg Thompson/StallioneSearch.com)

New Mexico Racing Commission executive director Vince Mares said the sanctions were issued Monday by the Sunland Park board of stewards after a Saturday hearing.

The discipline stems from four horses testing positive for the drug during July 5-6 trials for the $1 million Rainbow Futurity and $1.05 million Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs.

The Association of Racing Commissioners International lists Sildenafil as a Class 3 drug that carries a Class A penalty – the most severe of three categories of recommended penalties.

Sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in the human erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, is illegal in horse racing, because it increases cardiac output and can boost a race horse’s on-track performance.

http://www.abqjournal.com/352928/news/viagra-ingredient-found-in-horses.html

[Renew Deal]

1. This horse provided stiff competition

[TxDemChem]

2. Oh boy. I should have saw that one coming.

Oh shit, I accidentally cracked a joke myself!

I vaguely remember a case in which horses had their legs rubbed down with icy hot. They will think of anything to get an edge.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. "Well we know you're the reincarnation...

...of the ravenous Catherine The Great"