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Originally Posted by LARHAGE

I was going to say the same thing, anyone who has horses in their care knows the essentials, which is how to administer medications whether they be oral or injectable. If I posted a picture of my barn medical cupboard you guys would think I was a mad scientist. The reality is you HAVE to know how to medicate horses, plain and simple, and the drugs and syringes are extremely easy to acquire from either a vet, a mail order catalog or a simple feed store.

Very well put!!!

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Yes---but, you are assuming that the performance enhancers being used are illegal drugs...and I'm not entirely convinced that is the case.

ALways have been rumors about stuff being used not being techincally illegal because none really realizes what it is.
A famed South American trainer who operated in the US was always rumored to have had natural stuff that grew down below.
I think that EPO and blood doping(whether through EPO or blodd packing) was rampant in the late 90's and early 2000's.