Santa Anita Cancels Thursday Card; LATEST: Racing Suspended

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

You're spouting off nonsense without a single shred of evidence. What is your source for thinking horses are using more drugs of any kind? Give me a study. Give me historical context. You're 100% wrong. The list of permissible medications has been drilled down to a handful from hundreds. The withdrawl times have been drilled down continually from nearly immediate pre-race to 48, 72 hours or more.

I'd also like to hear what exactly you think any of these alleged medication-related innovations will do to stop the actual cheaters? All they do in reality is give the cheaters a BIGGER advantage. And, simultaneously, cost owners MORE (not less like Rupert insanely suggests)..

Who suggested Med use was on the rise, especially in the wake of the symposium's findings? I would bet you a dollar that Therapeutic Equine drug sales are thriving at Merck, and I don't necessarily think that is a bad thing again I don't conflate the proper administration of drugs that are indicated with cheating.

You don't stop cheaters with anything other than security, and enforcement, which concern implements, PAYS FOR and oversees such is a different more critical discussion.

The point was TSG PR move worked...That's All

[Dunbar]

Just for some perspective here, I count 12 horses that died at either Aqueduct or Belmont since December 1 while training or racing:

https://data.ny.gov/widgets/q6ts-kwhk

IMO, it's entirely possible that the 22 deaths at SA are just a statistical blip, and are not related to changes in either management or the racing surface itself.,

Does anyone have a source for the total number of horses running and training at SA, AQ, and Belmont?