Cigar was the best horse in the last 30 years

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Drugs are an easy copout for the entire industry.

I know we've been at this before.

Whenever I've said that synthetic surfaces are a band-aid for the real problem - the overuse of medications and the chemically gifted move-up trainers who play the game on the edge - you've always disputed this.

Take a look at the 3-year-old filly who fatally broke down in the first race ever run over the highly-touted (from a safety standpoint) Tapeta surface.



After Scott Lake claimed this filly, laid her off and did God knows what with her, she comes back and runs six consecutive races with a figure 14-to-20 lengths faster each time.