NYTHA Lasix Primer & Letter to NYS RWB

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

One thing not mentioned was the dose of lasix used on raceday.

One of the reasons behind the banning of "milkshaking" is that horsemen can alter the outercome of a race by employing an "on-and-off" regimen (one race given, one race not given) of bicarbonate.

With lasix, most jurisdictions allow a range of lasix from 150mg to 500mg. Is there room there to alter a horse's performance? If I have a severe bleeder whose bleeding is controlled only with the higher dose of lasix, what happens if I up and decide to give him the bare minimum in his next race?

i don't know, what will happen?


one other question...what benefits do you anticipate if lasix is banned?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't know, what will happen?


one other question...what benefits do you anticipate if lasix is banned?

Danzig: these two guys hold medical opinions completely opposite from the consensus white papers of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

There's a reason for that.

Bad science and bad logic is nothing more than that. Again, think Jenny McCarthy, vaccination, autuism.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Danzig

one other question...what benefits do you anticipate if lasix is banned?

In terms of who benefits...probably the horses who don't need it.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

In terms of who benefits...probably the horses who don't need it.

Lasix is an extremely safe drug with a wide margin of safety. How are the 7% of horses that suffer no EIPH harmed by receiving lasix?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Riot

Lasix is an extremely safe drug with a wide margin of safety. How are the 7% of horses that suffer no EIPH harmed by receiving lasix?

I'm talking in terms of performance on the racetrack.

If a drug benefits members of your competition more than it benefits you ... it brings you closer together and you lose a performance edge.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I'm talking in terms of performance on the racetrack.

If a (fill in the blank) benefits members of your competition more than it benefits you ... it brings you closer together and you lose a performance edge.

Certain bits, certain shoes, leg wraps, blinkers and hoods, FLAIR strips all benefit some horses more than others.

Do you think lasix is a therapeutic drug, or not?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Riot

Certain bits, certain shoes, leg wraps, blinkers and hoods, FLAIR strips all benefit some horses more than others.

I never said some equipment like bits, blinkers, and types of shoes don't benefit some horses more than others in situations.

Originally Posted by Riot

Do you think lasix is a therapeutic drug, or not?

You're asking the wrong person.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I never said some equipment like bits, blinkers, and types of shoes don't benefit some horses more than others in situations.

Good, because I never said you did

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I'm talking in terms of performance on the racetrack.

If a drug benefits members of your competition more than it benefits you ... it brings you closer together and you lose a performance edge.

how does lasix benefit some more than others? and if you have no way of knowing if a horse would bleed or not, how would you know if lasix was beneficial or not?


i just wonder if this latest hot topic will be like poly a few years back in california? look where the synthetic mandate ended up. i can't help but think that if you start having hemorraging horses on the track they won't back-pedal in a hurry. and there have been instances where a horse bled so severely they went down in a race.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Danzig

how does lasix benefit some more than others?

I can show you a lot of old past performances of horses who would stop on a dime and fade without lasix and perform a whole lot better with it.

I can show you a lot of old past performances of horses who never used lasix and fired big races everytime. Some of them from as recently as the 1990's.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I can show you a lot of old past performances of horses who would stop on a dime and fade without lasix and perform a whole lot better with it.

I can show you a lot of old past performances of horses who never used lasix and fired big races everytime. Some of them from as recently as the 1990's.

on the former, were they bleeders? and how old are those pps? it used to be that lasix was a masker, but apparently that's no longer the case.

on the latter-you don't have to use the stuff. i just would hate to see those who need it not be able to have it.