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Follow the lead of Santa Aniter and eliminate race day medications all together. Bleeders are not race horses. Get it the "L" out of racing
Yep, it should be banded. I laugh when I hear whorsemen say it doesn't improve performance. Then why use it? to improve performance
I dont think many would argue that Lasix does NOT help bleeders or diminish EIPH-it does.The problem--and its a very big one-is that when North America introduced Lasix into racing-it started a downhill slide in Public Perception of the health of racing.North American Racing basically said--we need drugs to keep horses racing.This is like providing fuel for a large fire-for opponents of Horse Racing and well supported by Casino operators-who see this as an opportunity to eliminate a gambling rival-and reap Billions in added gambling profits.HONG KONG,ALL OF EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA,NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AMERICA--do NOT-let horses race on lasix and have strong anti drug views and penalties.North America-got it wrong-bigtime.You DO NOT need Lasix to race successfully -proven for centuries in other racing jurisdictions.Now however-its ingrained in American racing-and Vets make a fortune peddling it. These have a vested interest in keeping it going.Im against Lasix totally--but its not an easy fix-however I really think it needs to be done in order for racing to reclaim some of its lost public perception in integrity and views on drugs.
i STARTED TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF HORSES THAT WERE ON LASIX.STATS DON`T LIE.Horses on lasix %WEG this weekend 52%Yonkers this weekend 81%Allard horses 100%Why such a big disparity