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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
In one dubious swoop, you go from having a problem affecting ~2-5% of the population to one that affects nearly 100%.
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And that sums this whole thing up in a nutshell. People figured out pretty quickly that these horses that had severe bleeding not only recovered to previous levels of performance, they surpassed them, sometimes by a lot. It became a race to see how fast a horse could get "the juice". It got us to where we are today where virtually any horse can get Lasix with a note from the vet. We all know many of these "notes" are handed out like candy on Halloween with no actual testing done. Hell, you can probably get one for a weanling if you ask.
So, instead of getting rid of the small percentage of the horse population that have severe EIPH, it was easier apparently to just give every horse the drug, including those with tiny amounts of bleeding that doesn't change performance. As far as that goes, if there is one thing of which I am certain, it is that none of these studies can actually measure performance. You can only do that in actual races.
05-11-2012, 11:50 PM
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