This will effectively kill horse racing

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Originally Posted by Duvalier

Just take away the meds that make some trainers win at high 30-40 some %.

I agree - an entire barn should not necessitate receiving a monthly steroid shot (although the comparison to human steroid use isn't very accurate)

But absolutely, when a skinny nervous claimer comes into a new barn, the horse should be dewormed, started on Gastroguard, and given a steroid shot or two a month apart to get him eating and on a weight-gaining slope.

Detecting the vast variety of internet-available illegal steroids and cocktails and neutriceuticals is an ongoing process, and we have the capability to do it, if we simply fund it well. These drugs are not really all that secret, as they tend to be broadly sold and cross both human and animal worlds.