Buck, I'm actually very new to the "juice issue", but I've looked into it to the best of my ability and if i'm wrong someone will be sure to correct me:

Uncle Buck wrote:

> Can somebody with first hand knowledge of "the juice syndrome"
> come forward and explain to me the following points:
>
> 1. What defines Juice? I want to know what drug or combination
> of drugs is used to constitue "juice"

Any performance enhancing substance on the prohibited list, or not, which is administered to a horse with the intended effect of gettin the animal to run faster than he would without it.


> 2. What affect does it have on the animal? (Obviously they
> perform better but what is the medical estimate of how it
> affects the horse)

The current theory is that it either:

a.) increases oxygenation of the animal to stave off fatigue

or

b.) prevents the build up of muscle tiring "lactic acid" to slow down the process of fatigue.

> 3. How and when is it administered?

Snaking a tube down the horses nose immediately pre race in some cases;

Probable injections in others


> I am not being funny here. I here "juice" talk all thne time by
> experts like TGJB and Beyer and would like it explained in
> layman's terms.
>
> I see the end result of the alleged juicing and completely
> agree that juice is playing a huge roll in the industry. Dutrow
> to me seemks the worst offender. In the Oaks coverage I could
> have puked every time he said "We didn;t really do anything
> with her - she's doing it all on her own"
>
> I also have an observation to share. I think Bellamy Road and
> Point Given share an aweful lot of similarities in their paths.

There are some similarities and dissimilarities. They both fell victim to a fast pace in the Derby. They both came to the Derby on two foundational races.

However, Point Given was an honest pace horse, not a need the lead type. When Point Given was headed, he rarely caved. Point Given had a top flight 2YO campaign, Point Given didnt have to face the physical consequences of running a Negative 5 as a young 3YO and Point Given was bred sufficiently more stoutly also.

> I would expect a race like Point Given's Preakness out of BR
> should he run at Pimlico...
>
> Thanks in advance for your explanations
>
>



Post Edited (05-09-05 21:59)