Soo... stop allowing the use of Lasix = less breakdowns?
Not buying that for a second - in fact you will do nothing but insure many, many more breakdowns...
First off, no one has any idea what degree of impact it would have on the sport since 99% of them race on it regardless of whether they "need" it or not - I can assume it would not be negligible ... It
will however afford the option to jump to the unscientific and illogical conclusion of what % of the population has bleeding problems, of course leading to the consequent witch hunt to determine which stallions and broodmare sires need to be eradicated from the breed.
Good luck with that. Telling Darley that 60% of their stallion portfolio's progeny will be banned from American racing, cause they only work on Lasix and that's a no-no now.
Owners, breeders, trainers and horsemen will go broke and be run out of the game. Horseplayers will have significantly fewer options and the game as a whole will further wither away on the vine.
All over a stat that no one even measured 2 decades ago. Not that the industry, in the face of confrontation,would use poor science, shoddy data, and millions of dollars to "correct" some perceived problem that afterward is just as bad if not worse and has completely altered the path to the sports greatest race - oh, wai
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