"There were rumors for a while that they were shooting clenbuterol directly into the horses' tracheas down there. (And on that note, the recent California move to go switch to blood tests for that drug is a good idea)."


The old throat shot trick. At Del,Scott Lake and Tony Dutrow(to name a couple)have many runners that throw gigantic figs when they first get them but I'm sure it's just hay and oats.