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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I am curious when horses started running on lasix. Does anyone know whether most horses ran on lasix back in the 1960s and 1970s? I would have to think that lasix may be one of the reasons why horses run less frequently. Horses get dehydrated enough without lasix when they race on a hot day. It can't be healthy to race on a diuretic in 90 degree weather. I would have to think it would take a horse at least a few extra days to recover from racing with lasix on a hot day. Since lasix is a diuretic, it totally dehydrates you. A combination of the stress of a race and the total dehydration suffered as a result of lasix would have to knock a horse out for a couple of weeks.
I think they should ban practically all of these drugs including lasix.
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Rupert actually as the weather heats up so does the risk of horses bleeding , because the heat is added stress on top of running it makes horses more likely to bleed than when its cold outside.
In a perfect world horses wouldnt bleed when they run or get sore or breakdown, but this isnt a perfect world and believe me it is easier on the horse to dehydrate because of Lasix than it is to not give it to them and have them bleed.
I have been around some horses that have bled and once they have had that trauma happen (if its been substancial enough) that even when they are given Lasix they wont try because they are afraid of bleeding again.