REAL Sports profile on juice in racing

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is possible that a horse could run with a hairline fracture. It would be very difficult to pinpoint a hairline fracture without going to a clinic for xrays. Anything worse than a hairline and the horse would be in major pain and there is no way that the horse could run regardless of the curcuit.

I was asking this because I know a large animal vet who found hairline fractures in riding ponies post mortum in school.