The Gain statement is a bit meh. We are disappointed...... surely the horses couldn't run if they tested positive
There was me thinking that they would be getting a kg or 2, they are on the bull finishing diet soIt would vary depending on how the horse behaves with feed, but some of these horses could be eating 10kg of meal per day depending on the level of work.
They did find traces of this stuff in their individual feed samples last Friday according to a post on their Twitter account an hour ago. I’d imagine they have identified the source by now but will not say in public yet what it was or how it happened but I really doubt it was in the mill and added on purpose to the feed.I've been thinking about this since I became aware of it from the posts here and surely there's more to this that meets the eye, the substance is illegal to use in the EU and surely Glanbia wouldn't have it around the place so the question is how did or could it get into the product(s)? Sabotage? How long were the horses in France before the test? Who had access to the feed and/or storage area?
There'll be fun and games if Glanbia's batch samples show no trace of contaminant.
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Zilmax is produced by Merck in France, a country in which the substance is prohibited. As of October 2017, its commercial formulation was 4.8% zilpaterol hydrochloride, 8% polyoxyl castor oil, 4.3% polyvinyl pyrrolidone and 82.9% ground corn cob.
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i,d say it will come down to a boat not being cleaned properly after carrying a contaminated load beforehand or some such mistake being made somewhere along the line, remember a few years ago there was traces of meat and bone meal found in cattle rations and it ended up coming from german beet pulp which was grown on land that has meat and bonemeal spread on it before the crop was planted and traces were stuck to the beetThey did find traces of this stuff in their individual feed samples last Friday according to a post on their Twitter account an hour ago. I’d imagine they have identified the source by now but will not say in public yet what it was or how it happened but I really doubt it was in the mill and added on purpose to the feed.
I am not a horse man but my family are steeped in them. I would have seen a lot of them as a result, feeding levels are really down to the individual horse and his / her behaviour. Some of the warm blood horses can be borderline impossible to manage behaviour wise at high levels of feeding. Some others require very high levels of feeding to perform at their optimum. It really is a horses for courses scenario to pardon the pun.There was me thinking that they would be getting a kg or 2, they are on the bull finishing diet so
Any link to that or what was he saying? I have no read itWhat do lads make of whats being inferred by that Paul kimmage article in sunday independent today about the o briens and the contaminated feed?
Maybe I'm coming to the wrong conclusion about it.
It's strange that Paul kimmage is taking an interest in this matter, he usually only writes about one element of sport ....
I just read it in the paper above in the home place, I'd say it can be got on independent.ie, I'm not sure how to get link on here.Any link to that or what was he saying? I have no read it
I really hope it is something like that and nothing elseThe journal are Saying it was possibly a batch of mollases
I would pay no heed to Paul Kimmage. He often looks for a story where there is none. A few years ago when Jamie Heaslip got injured before playing England, Kimmage said the injury was fake to cover up for dropping him for the game. That injury ended Heaslip career and I've not seen an apology for the article. P K thinks everyone is doping and I find him very bitter about sport or anything he commented on in general. From what I have read about it, it passes very quickly through the horse and if tested a few days later it would be gone.What do lads make of whats being inferred by that Paul kimmage article in sunday independent today about the o briens and the contaminated feed?
Maybe I'm coming to the wrong conclusion about it.
It's strange that Paul kimmage is taking an interest in this matter, he usually only writes about one element of sport ....
Kimmage was insinuating that Heaslip had failed a drug test and it was being covered up.I would pay no heed to Paul Kimmage. He often looks for a story where there is none. A few years ago when Jamie Heaslip got injured before playing England, Kimmage said the injury was fake to cover up for dropping him for the game. That injury ended Heaslip career and I've not seen an apology for the article. P K thinks everyone is doping and I find him very bitter about sport or anything he commented on in general. From what I have read about it, it passes very quickly through the horse and if tested a few days later it would be gone.
Sounds like a perfect drug to be using if it disappears that fast. Wonder what increase in efficiency it was giving, in cattle?I would pay no heed to Paul Kimmage. He often looks for a story where there is none. A few years ago when Jamie Heaslip got injured before playing England, Kimmage said the injury was fake to cover up for dropping him for the game. That injury ended Heaslip career and I've not seen an apology for the article. P K thinks everyone is doping and I find him very bitter about sport or anything he commented on in general. From what I have read about it, it passes very quickly through the horse and if tested a few days later it would be gone.