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Originally Posted by paisjpq
but would you not agree that some of what is wrong with racing is the reliance on, and the acceptance of, theraputic medications? It is what has allowed many horsemen to get away with running horses that simply need TIME OFF. If this horse had a lung infection...great. treat him and give him some days...instead they obviously came too close to the withdrawl window and it caught up with them...I do not feel sorry for them.
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Do you realize what the size of fields would be if trainers weren't allowed to treat the tinest of things and were instead told to ship them off to the farm?