If you really stare this issue in the eye who blinks first ? You'd have quite a few less horses competing if all drugs were banned within a time frame prior to a race . The sport would need to downsize , it seems, because you would have fewer horses fit enough to race without drugs.
Drugs are needed for recovery and therapy . I tend to favor a clean horse policy for races if I had to choose . The effects on breeding would be widespread as well, it seems . You'd have to phase this policy in starting with the 2 yr olds .
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