"Trainers are asking how close can we dance to the fire without getting burned," he added. "I'm not totally sympathetic. If you don't use anabolic steroids, you won't get a positive. It's that simple." [/i]
Yes, the "simplistic" solution is to also punish people who use these drugs for legal, legitimate, veterinary-supervised, FDA-approved therapeutic usage in the horse. And to prevent horses that medically need these drugs from receiving them.
These are not illegal drugs, they are LEGAL drugs.
This is such unbelievable nonsense to me.
These jurisdictions are so eager for the perception of good PR, they can't wait a few more months until we have more accurately-documented withdrawal times, and everyone agrees to use the more accurate testing procedures?
Then these drugs could continue to be used as they legitimately and legally should be (and have been used for years), but non-approved misuse could be caught?
Naw, that's too logical! Instead, let's overreact, and use a shotgun blast where a BB gun would do.
Who cares what horses or trainers are gonna get hurt as collateral damage? We as an industry will "look good" in the public eye (even though the public has no idea that we as an industry are really doing absolutely NOTHING about illegal designer steroid abuse in racehorses)
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
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