Kentucky's ongoing attempt to end racing in state proceeds..

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If you are talking about horses with established form being enhanced it would be a much clearer picture. How exactly can you show an enhanced performance with horses who have no baseline performance? Comparing those with and without simply on the basis of one factor and drawing an absolute conclusion? Who is good with first time starters that starts them without lasix nowdays? Anybody? You may be correct in your assessment but the data used is not really pertinent except in a roundabout fashion.

I have no doubt that horses treated aggressively with gastrogard for stomach ulcers perform far greater than those who arent treated but because those horses are not designated no one talks about that. Using the logic that some do, Gastrogard would be considered a performance enhancer as well.

Exactly, seems logical to me that horses have bled during a race would "move up" when they aren't bleeding. Is their performance enhanced or are you eliminating a barrier that was not allowing him to perform? Semantics.

Going after Lasix is like deciding to trim a dog's nails when he is covered with fleas.