Drape (NYT) on Mafaaz and Medication

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Joe Drape, NYT

When Dutrow abandoned Big Brown’s steroid treatment before the Belmont Stakes we couldn't draw any conclusions, because his shoe was stepped on out of the gate, and his jockey Kent Desormeaux had to ease the colt on the final turn.

at least they were perfectly honest

[SniperSB23]

Can't wait to see L1 next to Mafaaz when he runs here for the Blue Grass or Derby.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Raven's Pass raced on both bute and lasix when he won the BC Classic for Gosden.

You can be against drugs all you want - but you'd have to be an idiot to give away an edge to the rest of the field.

[Cannon Shell]

"There is plenty of scientific and anecdotal evidence suggesting that breeding for the marketplace rather than the racetrack and relying too heavily on medications have put thoroughbreds at risk. Still, no consistent rules for breeding or medications have been put in place across the nation."

Where exactly is this evidence? This is another example of an opinion piece sold as news or factual material.

Mafaaz may run "drug free" but since he has run a grand total of three times he is hardly the model horse to use.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

at least they were perfectly honest

Who says they were honest?

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Who says they were honest?

sorry, I did some fixing-up to their quote and didn't credit it.

The actual quote from the article was an unfair/uninformed comparison of Brown's Belmont, to baseball players who declined when the steroid scandal hit baseball.