By Bloodhorse.com ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 228, 2016) –Los Pollos Hermanos Racing and Jay Em Ess Stable’s Masochistic was not allowed to enter the Dec. 31 Midnight Lute Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Park because he lacks a clean drug test following his positive post-race test for stanozolol after the Nov. 5 TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I). California Horse Racing Board stewards informed trainer Ron Ellis Dec. 28 that the California-bred 6-year-old Sought After gelding would not be eligible to enter a race until he tested clean. The Breeders’ Cup Sprint positive put him on a stewards’ list and to be removed from the list, Masochistic must pass an examination and a drug test, according to CHRB equine medical director Rick Arthur. “He’ll have to test clean to enter, and that was how the stewards ruled,” Arthur said. Ellis, however, said that he was told by Arthur last week that Masochistic would be able to run, as long as he tested clean by race day. Ellis had Masochistic tested... ...
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