EPO- Cost Issues (789 Views)
Posted by:
Catalin (IP Logged)
Date: April 29, 2003 04:29PM
I wasn't implying that a Mott or a Jerkens couldn't afford EPO. What I was trying to point out was that at about $2,000 per month per horse, EPO isn't cost effective if you trained a stable full of claimers. There are other drugs that mimic some of the effects of EPO in the short term (about 3 starts or so) at a much lower cost, and without the downtime (from what I know it takes about a month on EPO before you start to see any results). It's probably these cheaper race day doping agents that most of the 30% claiming trainers are using.
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