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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I believe that uninformed opinions that have no basis or evidence are much more dangerous than all the supposed drug use going on. Trying to tie 'drug use' and genetics is a stretch at best, rubbish at worst. The fact that people within the industry have made similar statements does not excuse the fact that they are wrong also.
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OK, then how else can one explain the increased brittleness of the breed? The average number of starts per horse per year keeps declining. Over the past 30-40 years, they've been huge declines. Change in training methods? Maybe but why the need? Obviously quite a few barns feel the need to rest their horses as much as possible, apparently because they feel their horses can't handle a heavier workload. Is everyone juicing? Of course not. But, lets face it; a lot of these so-called super trainers have had more than one post race positive.