4 Harness Trainers Not Using EPO

In a spot of good news on the medication front, four trainers who had horses test positive for EPO this fall at the Red Mile have been cleared.

The Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory has confirmed the blood samples taken from horses trained by Jan Johnson, Bob McIntosh, Jim Arledge and Joe Seekman, who were scheduled to race those horses at The Red Mile earlier this Fall, tested negative for EPO and DPO.