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Originally Posted by cmorioles
For me, if all horses need drugs to race, preventive or otherwise, there shouldn't be racing. I can't think of any other sport for any type of being where this would even be considered.
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Other horse sports do. The FEI, the Federation Equestre Internationale, for example at the Rolex International Three-Day Event here in KY now, has a list of
permitted competition-day drugs, which includes certain levels of aspirin, banamine, and bute. That's right - on competition day. These drugs are not considered performance-enhancing at the allowable levels.
And the FEI is twice as tough on testing and drugs as horse racing could ever dream of being.
The Olympics has a long list of competition-day allowable drugs, and levels, that athletes can use. Includes albuterol and other "lung" (asthma) drugs.
We need to ban illegal performance enhancers. Not helpful therapeutics.