"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Recovery time from the medication itself?

In essense. Basically I'm suspicious in general, and the fact that we often see dramatic improvements in horses who subsequently hold that form for one, or maybe two races, and then often disappear for what may be quite a while, if not forever, makes me think that medications that improve performance also take a heavy toll on the horses. Thus I figure the spacing between races is somewhat related.

I'm probably just overly paranoid.