Thanks once again for informative material.

The part of the equation which goes unmentioned is whether or not the various
blood doping methods have a negative effect on the health of the performance
equine. My strong belief here is that if doping allows a runner to ignore pain,
there is a great potential for harm to the individual runner, the breed and
eventually the sport.

If blood doping can, when properly managed, improve equine health and
performance, legalize it and monitor it.

The Amsterdam Solution would be an inexpensive way to level the playing field,
and quickly.

This is not a call to legalize all medication in racing. A new Class A list of
banned meds would be produced and the minimum penalty for use/possession of
banned meds should be 1 year, second offense 5 years, after that impose the
lifetime ban. To eliminate grey areas, do not ban drugs for which no current
testing is available.

Out of competition testing-- thumbs up. If resources are limited, start with
graded runners as I have suggested. A few more random barn searches would also
tend to tighten things up a bit.

Shameful: That the powers that be in Kentucky and United States racing would
allow "L'Affaire Biancobra" to be unspooling before a large audience, an
audience which includes the casual but important 2 time a year racing fan.
Bad job of timing, as has been mentioned, having all this Biancrap floating
around at an almost sacred time of the year. Can only wonder cynically if the
timing would have been different if BC was being held at Churchill.