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Old 05-10-2012, 04:23 PM
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What I find particularly offensive is the 'slogan' they have adopted:

Let the horse, not the drugs, determine the outcome.

So therefore, every race currently run in the United States is a sham and not respective of the ability of the animal. The arrogance of these people! Thanks for helping the non-racing crowd and reinforcing their opinion that every race is 'fixed' or 'drug enhanced' and indicting every trainer, owner and stable worker ever associated with horse-racing. Yes, there are issues and they need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. But not by this 'ivory tower' crowd.
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Old 05-10-2012, 05:06 PM
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What I find particularly offensive is the 'slogan' they have adopted:

Let the horse, not the drugs, determine the outcome.

So therefore, every race currently run in the United States is a sham and not respective of the ability of the animal. The arrogance of these people! Thanks for helping the non-racing crowd and reinforcing their opinion that every race is 'fixed' or 'drug enhanced' and indicting every trainer, owner and stable worker ever associated with horse-racing. Yes, there are issues and they need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. But not by this 'ivory tower' crowd.


They have single handedly done more to damage horse racing than all the racefixing scandals, ringers, breakdowns and drug positives put together. It isnt easy to take people with no opinion on something and piss them off so much that they are now enemies of the sport and in some case actively working to eliminate it.
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Old 05-10-2012, 10:49 PM
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What's most pathetic is the random sentences they have pulled out of research articles, deliberately changing the meaning and outcome.
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Old 05-10-2012, 10:58 PM
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What's most pathetic is the random sentences they have pulled out of research articles, deliberately changing the meaning and outcome.
Hmmmm, were have I seen that done before?
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:00 PM
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Hmmmm, were have I seen that done before?
Put up or hush up. You don't have any bonafides about lasix. And if you are accusing me of falsifying information with your silly little eye roll emoticon, I suggest you be prepared to support that, too.

Face it: you've picked a side in the lasix fight, and that's fine. But the arguments you are repeating to support it are nothing but a house of false cards.
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:10 PM
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What I find particularly offensive is the 'slogan' they have adopted:

Let the horse, not the drugs, determine the outcome.

So therefore, every race currently run in the United States is a sham and not respective of the ability of the animal. The arrogance of these people! Thanks for helping the non-racing crowd and reinforcing their opinion that every race is 'fixed' or 'drug enhanced' and indicting every trainer, owner and stable worker ever associated with horse-racing. Yes, there are issues and they need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. But not by this 'ivory tower' crowd.
Very well said. Incredible that they use a slogan that completely distorts the issue. If you promote to the public a position that is not supported by any factual or scientific evidence, you will ultimately convince the public it is what you claim. Politicians prove this on a daily basis.

I am astonished that those who are supposed to be the ones who want to promote the sport would indict it without suffiecient proof to warrant it. It is like going to war and adopting the strategy of the French Army.
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Old 05-11-2012, 01:32 AM
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I'm surprised they didn't wait until the Round Table Conference to roll out this campaign.
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