ARCI continues to beat anti-medication drum

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The typical anti-medication person:
Doesn't own racehorses CORRECT
Wants to eliminate 2 year old racing Love 2yo racing
Wants to eliminate whips That would be foolish
Wants polytracks/artificial surfaces No preference
Hates "juice" trainers yet refuses to understand that this agenda actually helps them Hate seeing trainers who go from 5% to 40% and are about 65% off the claim and when claimed from, runners come back with 2% winners...
Thinks that horses are running too much Hell no, they aren't running enough
Believes that breeders/owners are all rich Only a minority
Think foreign racing is pristine simply looking past the fact the most blatantly illegal drugs are not created in America This is a disconnected statement, but I do find foreign racing generally cleaner than American racing, but am not benign to the fact that stuff is everywhere
Thinks Zenyatta was just the greatest horse ever Anyone who believes this is a fool

So - now that that is out of the way...

I'm anti-medication for one reason, and one reason alone...I believe (granted, it is an opinion and an opinion backed in NO DISCERNABLE FACT)...permissive medication policies such as those in the US weaken the breed, which in turn, weakens the sport. That's all.