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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
I thought steroids had a legitimate use. Do they mean a ban on steroids on race days or always.
I'm on steroids right now.
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Prednisone for your allergies doesn't count ...
There are four legal (FDA-approved for use) ANABOLIC (pred isn't anabolic) steroids that have good and valid therapeutic uses in the horse. These (and designer steroids as common in human sports) can be misused to make a stronger, bigger horse, usually by adding muscle mass and increasing aggressiveness.
Steroids are also used off-track in young sale horses, to make them look well-muscled and mature like adults and bring more money in the sales ring (you buy a young horse, and a couple weeks later his muscle mass starts melting away ....)
They want to make any non-FDA-approved steroids illegal (as they should be, but they will need big bucks to try and develop testing to keep up on the designer steroid illegals from human use flowing into the racing community); and make the four legal anabolics not to be used within 30 days of racing (these are good drugs, and should be used under veterinary supervision when appropriate and the horse can benefit)
That The Jockey Club acknowledges there is a problem is stunning to me.
More stunning than to see The Green Monkey finally in a race (I don't hold his connections and sales price against this poor, handsome, well-bred horse - I hope he does very well)
But not as stunning as if Jamie Sanders won a race
RE: Wingnut's avatar ... this is a picture of a local Kentucky moron (close to home here) that wrapped duct tape around his head as a mask, in order to commit a robbery of a convenience store.
Yes, the only "mask" the moron could think of using was to wrap duct tape around his head.
The owner of the convenience store picked up his duct-tape-wrapped baseball bat, and did some damage to the moron.
The moron was picked up with the duct tape still around his face (the avatar is his police mugshot).
The moron subsequently gave an interview to a local TV station (from jail) denying any involvement, saying they couldn't prove he was the Duct Tape Bandit as nobody could see the bandit's face under duct tape.
I guess the metamphetamine jones kept the moron from remembering he was picked up with the duct tape still around his head, and the wounds from the convenience store owner's bat still on his mouth. As seen, above, in his mugshot.
The picture suits the guy
