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Old 05-11-2012, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie View Post
Are you serious? They really raced horses on heroin?

I could see the rationale for coke, but heroin? That would be one pretty docile competitor.
If I recall from my drug days (by that I mean 7th grade Health Class unit on drugs), horses react differently to it. I think its use on equines is how it got the nickname Horse.
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