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'Over 14 years and in four different states, O’Neill received more than a dozen violations for giving his horses improper drugs. O’Neill’s horses also have had a tendency to break down. According to an analysis by The New York Times, the horses he trains break down or show signs of injury at more than twice the rate of the national average.

But none of it — the drug charges or the rate of damaged horses under his care — has much impeded O’Neill’s rise in the ranks of racing, and so there he was last Saturday, saddling I’ll Have Another, the surprising 3-year-old who won the 138th Kentucky Derby.'


but yeah, let's all just focus on lasix. then everything else will be juuuuust peachy.


this is what's wrong in racing. not something that prevents hemorraging. this-trainers who are repeat offenders that not only continue to work, but actually grow their business to the point that they can win the most famous race in the world. and then the media can go on and on about how they're a cheat. and what does the racing world do? go after lasix. not cheaters, not repeat offenders, not try to fix a flawed appeals process, nor fix the licensing standards. they go after something that actuallly protects a horses lungs, doesn't mask drugs, and isn't proven to enhance performance. we hear ad nauseum that we shouldn't have horses racing on drugs, and look what trainer is in the spotlight right now! absolutely ridiculous and disheartening.
and what is his response? oh, it's just negative press...just trying to go after us because we won. bull!