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Oh: and horses are not inanimate "inventory", they are more properly and objectively labeled "live stock", with "stock" for short, but actually they are living creatures with lungs that bleed at high intensity exercise levels. Quote:
EIPH is a horse problem, not a horse racing problem. It is not confined to Thoroughbred horses racing on the flat or over hurdles. It is not confined to North America. It is not confined to the Thoroughbred breed. It is a long-recognized medical problem, for which we have a therapeutic drug that helps. Accusing vets of criminality for helping horses that suffer EIPH is ridiculous hyperbole, not to mention insulting. You can "believe" whatever you wish, such as dinosaurs walked the earth with humans and vaccinations cause autism, but that doesn't change the facts surrounding EIPH. Here are some basic facts about Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage: Quote:
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But lying about the facts surround EIPH and furosemide simply to meet a political agenda is absurd, and factual lies should and will be called out by those that know better. The astounding reveal of the factually-bereft position of the anti-lasix crew is that they have not once mentioned banning aminocaproic acid, carbazochrome, tranexamic acid, and conjugated estrogens that are given to try and stop bleeding. If you want to "ban" medications given for bleeding, why have you not mentioned these?
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts Last edited by Riot : 05-16-2012 at 11:40 AM. |
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Vote on lasix ban today in Kentucky
By the way: today the Kentucky Racing Commission will try and ban lasix again. They will probably succeed today. Vote this afternoon.
A very sad day for horse racing. Most will be distracted by the post position draw for the Preakness.
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts Last edited by Riot : 05-16-2012 at 12:01 PM. |
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Vote again this afternoon by KHRC
I'm hearing conflicting stories on if they are going to try and shove a vote through this afternoon, or not. This story from this morning says not, but the noon news here (Louisville based) and Lex Herald Leader says yes. Kasept, do you know? What do your contacts say?
-------- Proposed race-day drug ban resurfaces in Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's horse racing regulators were set to reconsider a proposal Wednesday to put the state that proclaims itself the "horse capital of the world'' at the forefront of banning an anti-bleeding drug on race days. The proposed regulation being presented to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission would phase out race-day use of the drug furosemide in graded or listed stakes races in the Bluegrass state. It would apply to the Kentucky Derby starting in 2014. A more sweeping proposed ban - aimed at completely phasing out use of furosemide on race days - failed on a 7-7 roll call vote at a tense commission meeting last month. The commission has since added a new member, Lexington horseman John Phillips. Both versions would make Kentucky the first state to ban race-day use of furosemide, which is marketed under the brand names Lasix or Salix. The drug is used commonly to treat pulmonary hemorrhaging in racehorses. The proposed ban remained divisive when it came up for discussion before the Equine Drug Research Council, an advisory group for the Horse Racing Commission. A motion to support the proposed regulation failed on a 3-4 roll call vote. The proposal was on the agenda for the Horse Racing Commission meeting later Wednesday. The commission was not expected to vote on the new proposal Wednesday. A vote could come at its meeting next month, following an expected public hearing on the issue. John T. Ward, the commission's executive director, said Lasix has become "the golden shot'' administered when horses race or work out. But he said there's a growing public perception that racehorses are overly medicated. Ward, a veteran thoroughbred trainer, said the racing industry would adjust to the race-day furosemide prohibition. "We will develop other protocols that are as good or better for the animal,'' he said. "The only way you can force change is to restrict something. ... We have never looked for the substitute that gives us better coverage than Lasix does.'' Furosemide is the only medication allowed to be given to horses on race day in the United States. Its use is banned in other countries because it enhances performance. Opponents of the earlier proposal said the race-day ban would saddle Kentucky with a competitive disadvantage that would drive away trainers and horses. Kentucky racetracks already are struggling to keep up with competitors in other states where purse money is bolstered by slot machines and other forms of gambling. Kentucky lawmakers have refused to allow casino-style gambling at the state's racetracks. Three-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer Bob Baffert told the AP in an interview that the proposed ban would hurt racing and the horses. He said he gives Lasix as a preventative against bleeding. "Once they bleed, they just keep bleeding and it's hard to really stop,'' he said. Baffert said the horsemen who have problems with race-day use of Lasix could just stop administering the drug at those times. But he said a ban on race-day use of the drug would put horses at a disadvantage if they bled. "You don't know which ones are going to bleed,'' he said. The new proposal being presented to the horse racing commission would gradually ban the use of furosemide within 24 hours of post time in any graded or stakes races in Kentucky. Those races draw top-notch horses because of the higher purse money offered. The new version would begin on Jan. 1, 2013, when the ban would apply to 2-year-olds racing in any graded or stakes races in Kentucky. The prohibition would extend to 2- and 3-year-old horses competing in those races in 2014. The Kentucky Derby, run the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, is for 3-year-old horses. Then in 2015, the ban would apply to any horse entered to race in graded or listed stakes races in Kentucky. The phase-in could reshuffle fields in some horse races in 2014, when the ban would apply to 3-year-olds but not to older horses. Violations of the race-day drug ban would result in the horse being disqualified and forfeiture of their purse money. "That is a heavy penalty to pay,'' Ward said. "The owner takes the hit for a lot of money.'' Violating trainers or veterinarians would face license suspensions and fines growing in severity for repeat infractions in a year's time. Notably missing from the new version was an out-clause that would have the commission review the impact of the race-day ban during the phase-in period. The initial proposal called for a commission review of the ban in 2013. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1v41LTTbk
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Per Matt Hegarty Twitter Feed:
Matt Hegarty @DRFHegarty Vote to table discussion for a year fails 7-4. 1h Matt Hegarty @DRFHegarty Conway motion amended for ban on discussion of Lasix phaseout to one year; state language removed at Beck's request due to unenforceability. 1h Matt Hegarty @DRFHegarty Commissioner Tom Conway moves to ban any more discussion over Lasix phaseout for one year unless 4 or more states phase medication out. 1h Matt Hegarty @DRFHegarty KHRC will hold "town hall" meeting on Lasix phaseout either June 4, 5, or 6, exec. dir. Ward says. 2h Matt Hegarty @DRFHegarty KDRC vote is non-binding; KHRC is preparing to meet now, but not vote scheduled on Lasix phase-out. 2h Matt Hegarty@DRFHegarty The KY Equine Drug Council has voted 4-3 against a motion to recommend phase-out of furosemide in stakes, according to officials. Update 3:09pm That appears to be the end of it, because now it's being tweeted they have changed committees and are reviewing Albarado's suspension.
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Good to see it appears the truth is getting out there
Excerpts from Matt Hegarty DRF column on todays meeting.
Can't wait to go to the "town hall" meeting Already being talked about, the veterinary community is going to turn out in force to support the health and welfare of the horse in the face of this threat. Quote:
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yeah, i give up. i'm out. lol animal cruelty.
sweetjesus.
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The Headliner is Mr Sunshine Drape. Then we have Alex Brown who's claim to fame is being an exercise rider and hero to the pretty horsey set. Third on the list is Jim Squires a retired Newspaper man who lucked into breeding Monarchos but has never done anything else of note in the business except write a book knocking everything and everybody. Then we have Melissa Hoppert whose main qualification for being a horse racing blogger is "She was present when Sadie's Dream, owned by her aunt's family, won the 1994 Rose DeBartolo Memorial Stakes at Thistledown in Ohio." Uh okay.... Bob Goetz is a longtime fan Peter Blair covered the Preakness one year And then there is Gina Rarick who is a writer turned trainer who trains a few horses in France but has never trained a single horse in the US which never seems to damp her enthusiasm for criticizing US trainers or the sport here in general. Quite a group of experts |
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Uh yeah? What does that have to do with the "lineup" of featured bloggers listed on the page?
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Your father would gave to be one of either JD Shatz or Doug Salvatore then... Remember that horse well..
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