Progress on the Race Day Medication Front?

re: Progress on the Race Day Medication Front?

Deltalady — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:08:24 GMT

Sorry, no cigar! Get rid of Lasix, period! All that was done, it appears to me at least, is the deck chairs on the Titanic were moved around. Nothing significant changed. Lots more genuflecting and appeasement of trainers. You do not need the consent of the trainers to do away with Lasix. Otherwise, why have over 70 owners signed on to racing their 2yo without lasix! Trainers can't train without owners sending their horses to them. Stop the appeasement process, quit pussyfooting around, and drop the hammer on lasix, once and for all. Thank goodness, the Breeders Cup has not backed down: juveniles won't be able to race on the drug this fall, and next year, just like elsewhere in the world, no horses will be permitted to race on lasix! The KISS approach works every time: keep it simple, stupid. Just get rid of lasix.

re: Progress on the Race Day Medication Front?

By a long nose — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:30:28 GMT

Another riveting article by one of our "industry leaders." This guy consistently says less with more than anyone I've ever seen. Yawn.

re: Progress on the Race Day Medication Front?

hbc — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:03:13 GMT

the tracks, vets and regulators are complete idiots if they believe the average sports fan is going to buy this crap! as long as horses are being shot up with lasix, sports fans will always consider the horses drugged and the sport corrupt. this sport will no longer exist in 10 years if you people don't figure this out. if you don't believe me, go to any sporting event and try to explain to the people attending why horses need to be drugged to race.