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

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Alan07

So they are trying to phase out lasix, but mention nothing about adjunct medications?

Adjunct meds not proven to work to contain EIPH anyway. About equal result with placebo.

[Riot]

Yay! Per Matt Hegarty on Twitter: Vote tied 7-7 thus motion to ban lasix does not pass

Good news for race horses.

[Kasept]

So you know who's on the wrong side of the argument, here's who voted FOR the ban:

Robert M. Beck Jr.
Tracy Farmer
Ned Bonnie
Allan Wade Houston Sr.
Elizabeth S. Lavin
Alan J. Leavitt
Jerry Yon, M.D.

[Danzig]

is that the tracy farmer that zito trained for?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Danzig

is that the tracy farmer that zito trained for?

Yes. He was a big owner once.. Now he's just big.

[parsixfarms]

I love how these guys like Seth Hancock show up for a meeting like this and stump for "hay, oats and water" (the misnomer that it is). Last time I checked, he was using Pletcher as his trainer. So let me see, he's opposed to giving a horse a $20 Lasix shot on race day, but he has no problem having his horses with a trainer whose horses average four figure vet bills on a monthly basis. Can you say hypocrite?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I love how these guys like Seth Hancock show up for a meeting like this and stump for "hay, oats and water" (the misnomer that it is). Last time I checked, he was using Pletcher as his trainer. So let me see, he's opposed to giving a horse a $20 Lasix shot on race day, but he has no problem having his horses with a trainer whose horses average four figure vet bills on a monthly basis. Can you say hypocrite?

In all fairness, the vast majority of his horses are with Al Stall.

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Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I love how these guys like Seth Hancock show up for a meeting like this and stump for "hay, oats and water" (the misnomer that it is). Last time I checked, he was using Pletcher as his trainer. So let me see, he's opposed to giving a horse a $20 Lasix shot on race day, but he has no problem having his horses with a trainer whose horses average four figure vet bills on a monthly basis. Can you say hypocrite?

In a hypothetical defense of "Seth Hancock", the only logical support of race day medication reform is from the breeding side of things. Perhaps its just laziness, but having the racing side weed out stallion prospects that are entirely med dependent could make sense to a guy invested in such horses. Banning lasix however probably does not qualify under those criteria.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Yes. He was a big owner once.. Now he's just big.

!!!!!



he ought to know better.

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I love how these guys like Seth Hancock show up for a meeting like this and stump for "hay, oats and water" (the misnomer that it is). Last time I checked, he was using Pletcher as his trainer. So let me see, he's opposed to giving a horse a $20 Lasix shot on race day, but he has no problem having his horses with a trainer whose horses average four figure vet bills on a monthly basis. Can you say hypocrite?

maybe this is a ploy to get his vet bills down??

seriously, he ought to know better too.

[Kasept]

So you know who's on the right side of the argument, those voting AGAINST:

Thomas Conway
Foster Northrop, D.V.M.
Frank Jones Jr.
Franklin S. Kling Jr.
Tom Ludt
Michael A. Pitino
Burr Travis Jr.

[Alan07]

Originally Posted by Kasept

So you know who's on the right side of the argument, those voting AGAINST:

Thomas Conway
Foster Northrop, D.V.M.
Frank Jones Jr.
Franklin S. Kling Jr.
Tom Ludt
Michael A. Pitino
Burr Travis Jr.

Nice. So you are on a board of an organization that is banning Lasix in its championship series over the next two years, yet as a business man votes it down.

http://www.drf.com/news/lasix-ban-fa...cky-commission