And yet as clueless as they are on the gambling aspects, they continue to baffle with the incredibly moronic view of the medication issues.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ng-called-goal
“Veterinarians have shared their concern that the majority of their revenue is derived from the administration and dispensing of medication while receiving little or no compensation for examinations, diagnostics, or other professional serves,” Janney said. “Is it any wonder that our industry is criticized for being overmedicated?
“We agree with the American Association of Equine Practitioners, which addressed this very subject in a white paper, that such a revenue model is fundamentally flawed. Veterinary fee structures should place emphasis upon the value of professional services rather than the administration and dispensing of medication, and further illustrates the importance and need for good communication between the owner, trainer and veterinarian.”
What the hell does this mean? That Vets are being somehow tricked into giving medications? That if we paid them to examine or perform diagnostic tests or give their professional opinion they would dispense less medication?
So paying vets for something currently done complimentary is going to make more money for vets but how exactly does this help owners or horses? Is there an inference that vets are dispensing meds to make money as opposed to doing the right thing for the horse? Or are these people so ignorant that they think that trainers are somehow dictating what to do to the horses without the vet examining the horse? Are the vets providing a service for free that they would get paid for if they were small animal or human doctors? Sure but the sheer volume of work that they do for their clients makes it far too expensive to charge everytime they examine a horse. Perhaps the stuffed shirts think that making vet work more expensive, trainers/owners will do less which will be detrimental for the horse despite the spin to the contrary.
"The Thoroughbred Safety Committee issued two recommendations: adoption of the revised rules by RCI, and restructuring of a veterinary fee schedule that favors administration of drugs over diagnostics and preventative measures"
Of course Janney and company continue to choose to ignore the advice that racetrack vets give in regards to the preventative measure against horses bleeding in regards to lasix. Perhaps they think that that $20 a shot they get is clouding their "professional" opinion?
"Consistent with application of rules concerning those found to have mistreated Thoroughbreds, under Rule 19 The Jockey Club may now deny privileges to The American Stud Book to individuals determined to have been either the subject of medication violations involving certain classes of drugs with no legitimate use in racing, or have been determined to have violated medication rules three or more times in a 365-day period,” Jockey Club chairman Ogden Mills Phipps said."
I'm sure banning juice trainers from breeding horses will be very impactful...