Mare Wait a While Tests Positive For Procaine
Third-place finisher in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf last October at Santa Anita Park, Wait a While, tested positive for excessive levels of procaine, a local anesthetic.
The California Horse Racing Board made the announcement Friday, saying that a hearing would be held December 14 before Hollywood Park stewards to consider disqualification of the 5-year-old mare and forfeiture of $213,000, Wait a While’s share of the Breeders’ Cup purse.
A hearing has not been scheduled for race horse trainer Todd Pletcher, who trains Wait a While for Florida-based owner Arindel Farms. Todd Pletcher could receive a 30-day fine for the infraction, discovered during testing by the Maddy Laboratory at UC Davis.
Procaine is found in procaine penicillin G, a commonly administered antibiotic for horses.
Wait a While, champion 3-year-old filly of 2006, won the $400,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes as the even-money favorite 4 weeks before the Breeders’ Cup. Wait a While has earned nearly $2.4 million in her career.
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"Mare Wait a While Tests Positive For Procaine" was posted on 5 December 2008 10:23 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Special Features
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