AQHA Trainer Suspended After Horses Test Positive For Viagra Drug

According to various news reports, Quarter Horse trainer John Stinebaugh has been suspended for 16 years and fined $40,000 after four of his training horses tested positive for the active ingredient in Viagra. According to the Albuquerque Journal, the positive tests were drawn during the July 5-6 trials for the Rainbow Futurity and Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.

In another interesting piece by The Paulick Report, Stinebaugh is quoted as saying the drug showed up as a result of contaminated cinnamon ginseng powder that was imported from China to Canada and then to a compounding pharmacy in Texas.