Setting Record Straight on Asmussen Suspension

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

You are absolutely right. They get away with cheating 99.9% of the time. It's pretty much a fluke when they get caught. My guess with Asmussen is that they normally have some other drug that they give along with the mepivicaine that masks it, but in this case they forgot to give the masking drug.

I had my coffee while reading this article. Very compelling.

It is impossible for me not to believe illegal administration of drugs is very widespread.

The smaller the track, the more drugs are used?

The cheaper the horse.... ditto?

At least NY uses security barns.

Louisiana swung pretty hard as Assmussen. Good for them.

Some thoughts:

1. Pain (or any performance enhancing) drugs should only be administered by track vets, race day or otherwise.

2. Security barns for every track.

3. I'd make these kind of offenses carry non-probationable, mandatory sentences.... i.e., First offense: 1 Year suspension + $50,000 fine, and so on.

In the end, if some of today's fragile horses couldn't run due to the lack of their race day medications and some tracks had to run fewer days or close altogether for lack of entries, that's ok with me.