I EXCLAIMED. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN, he flunked?”Dana dropped her phone into her pocket. “What do you think I mean?” she snapped. “They found a forbidden substance when they tested his urine. Theobromine, to be specific.”"Theobromine? What’s that?”“What do I look like, a chemist?” Dana said. "All I know is it’s an ingredient in chocolate, and tea, and maybe some other stuff like that.”I wrinkled my nose in confusion. "I don’t get it. Who would give chocolate or tea to a horse, and why? And even if they did, who would even know something like that was against the rules?”Dana’s frown deepened. “Anyone who shows seriously on the A circuit, that’s who. Or they should, anyway. I know for a fact that Payton knew. Someone she knows at another barn got in big trouble for letting her horse drink cola at shows. Similar kind of thing.”I almost smiled at the image of a horse drinking cola. But this wasn’t the time.“How does the testing work?” I asked. “I mean, did someone just go grab Midnight out of his stall just now and—”“Not just now.”
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