Wow, someone actually gets it...

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

And I have seen enough to know that they they dont.

Not to mention supposed performance enhancers that are legal and available to all dont really give an advantage to anyone do they? Ban the legal ones and the guys willing to use the illegal ones have a big advantage. Wouldnt that be a much greater issue? If Lasix was eliminated then the under the counter meds will give a huge boost to guys willing to use them, no? If you take away all legal tools to deal with horses issues then what are you supposed to do about the issues?

I was talking to one of our trainers over the weekend about this issue. He pretty much said the same thing as you. He said that if all the legal drugs are banned, then the cheating trainers will have a much bigger advantage because they will still be using illegal, undetectable drugs. He said that if they ban steroids, then the guys that can get synthetic steroids will win all the races.

This trainer strongly disagrees with the notion that steroids are not performance-enhancing. He said, "Steroids build up muscle. Of course they are performance-enhancing."