Updating the Guerrero Numbers

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Originally Posted by jms62

Yes I do know that but do you also agree with my point being valid if they are misused on a healthy horse?

Any medication that is misused can be dangerous. Just listen to the drug ads on TV when they list the potential side effects.... "may cause strokes and possibly death in rare occasions"...

The advantage steroids give someone who has them when others dont is 1. recover from injuries (however minor) faster and 2. recover from work better, allowing the trainer to train harder with out the the usual repercussions.

If you watch his horses train and his pattern where he claims one and usually takes his time before running them back (allowing the steroids to work) and that the 2nd race after the claim is a lot of time even better than the first you have to figure that he is using steroids. That is exactly how you would do it if you had an anabolic that wasn't being detected.

Can continued abuse of steroids lead to breakdown of the skeletal system? Sure. But driving cars can lead to accidents too.