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Old 11-15-2010, 02:22 PM
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The use of steroids in racehorses was also exposed to a much wider audience. Big Brown brought out alot of negative attention to the sport between his connections, drug suspensions, steroids etc. Do you think things like equipoise or winstrol should still be allowed universally in racing?
Of course they should. They are medications with clear and necessary clinical indications in the horse. Use doesn't automatically equate to abuse. Of course abuse of any drug shouldn't be allowed.

Alot of the negative attention to horse racing regarding "OMG steroids!" was ignorance-based and simply wrong.
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