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- From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
- Sender: Jpunix@urchin.fidonet.org
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!jpunix!urchin!Jpunix
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Drugs in racing?
- Message-ID: <725174873.AA07222@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:19:10 -0500
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- (deleted discussion on drugs in racing)
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- JLI> I cant argue with you on what the "mild stimulants" were because
- JLI>neither do I remember, nor would I know what they were if I did.
- The
- JLI>program guides for that particular day of racing used abbreviations
- JLI>codes for the different "mild stimulants" each horse was using...
-
- Josh, I hate to labor the point, but understand this: there is no
- such thing as a legal stimulant, mild or otherwise, in any racing
- jurisdiction. You are confusing mild pain killers and bleeder
- medications with stimulants.
-
- In some jurisdictions, all drugs are forbidden. This practice seems,
- to be the most logical in terms of maintaining the integrity of
- racing with the public. (If you are not on intimate terms with the
- DRF or the track program, it's easy to get confused about the various
- kinds of medications a horse can legally receive.) Running horses drug
- free seems to work very well. New York has, arguably, the best
- racing in the world...with no drugs.
-
- Tom Stovall
-
- AFA Journeyman Farrier
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- X SLMR 2.1a X If at first you don't succeed...distroy all the
- evidence!
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