Excellent points Richiebee.

Horses' results during races in question: Bossmon, finished 2nd at 12.40 to 1 behind a loose on the lead 3-1 Lostritto winner that won by 7 in a 9 horse field.

Literata, finished 1st at 9.10 to 1 by 3 lengths in an 8 horse field.

Would love to see the TG sheets for both.

As for the field size diminishing, I would sacrafice my short term enjoyment if it meant in a generation or two of non-lasix horses (or Lasix only horses as I originally mentioned) that the number of starts per year per horse would return to the days before Lasix was introduced. Spoke with an owner yesterday with horses that run in Mid-Atlantic and Midwest who is thinking of throwing in the towel completely on ownership after many years in the game simply because of the inconsistent drug rules state by state. He mentioned how horrible the game is in the Mid-Atlantic due to move-ups and he had no idea it was like that before he took horses there. His trainer a winner of a Triple Crown race a few years ago. Owner stated uniequivocally he would prefer racing with no meds whatsoever and has joined the Alliance.

On a sidenote, he complained a great deal about the Indiana firing also.