Re: Should it be legal? - Another view (488 Views)
Posted by:
alm (IP Logged)
Date: August 05, 2007 10:39PM
Absolutely.
It's ridiculous to claim drugs are keeping horses on the track, enabling them to race more or longer...anymore than cyclists' use of drugs are making for bigger fields in races like the Tour d'France.
Drugs help horses win, period. It would be a different story if they were legal and available equally throughout the business, but they are not.
My horses never race or train on drugs and they've had above average career starts. They also have a trainer who cares for them the old fashioned way. In fact, most people who train horses are honest.
Today the jockey said Any Given Saturday was a different horse since his race in the Derby. That was the only honest thing connected with his performance.