Intervention: Two equal groups received either betamethasone 1mg orally (n = 21; the treatment group) or placebo tablets (n = 21; the placebo group) once a day in the morning for five consecutive ...

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit has suspended Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher seven days over a positive test for the corticosteroid betamethasone in 3-year-old colt Vassimo.