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11-24-2015, 12:47 PM
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NY Gaming Commission clears Asmussen, fellates PETA
The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday dismissed allegations of widespread animal abuse against leading trainer Steve Asmussen that had been lodged by an animal-rights group nearly two years ago but fined him $10,000 for seemingly minor transgressions involving the use of a feed supplement.
http://www.drf.com/news/new-york-cle...ions-fines-him
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11-24-2015, 12:54 PM
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While acknowledging that PETA’s most bombastic and damaging claims “were largely unfounded,” Robert Williams, the commission’s executive director, thanked PETA for bringing the thyroxine violations to its attention. “We recognize PETA for playing a role in bringing about changes necessary to make Thoroughbred racing safer and fairer for all,” Williams said.
This is perhaps the most important postscript to the entire affair. Beyond comprehension. Further evidence of how government involvement, state or federal, is guaranteed to destroy the sport.
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11-24-2015, 12:59 PM
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..while Joe Drape and the NY Times further embarrass themselves by misrepresenting the report and willfully titling the story with an outright lie.
Steve Asmussen Fined for Violating Horse Racing’s Drug Rules http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/sp...ef=sports&_r=0
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11-24-2015, 02:51 PM
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i read about the findings on bloodhorse. i don't know that he will end up paying anything, after reading what SA's lawyer had to say. but, i did do some further reading and looking about use of that thyroid treatment...that was something baffert gave all his horses, but discontinued that practice after all was said and done, when he had that sudden spike in horse deaths.
and i saw this, in one of the articles that i read: 'The danger is that veterinarians still don't know what the artificial boost to a horse's thyroid could do—especially in the longterm. Blea said that it's difficult to know how much of the drug horses are getting, and whether the amounts trainers are giving can induce unseen symptoms of hyperthyroidism. In humans, hyperthyroidism is associated with increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmia, and, according to one study published in the European Journal of Endrocrinology, a 20 percent higher risk of death.' of course, toxicology reports showed the baffert horses had nothing illegal in their system. thoraxine isn't illegal. but many use this 'off-label'. the article also discusses people using this along with cobalt treatments...cobalt being in the news a bit lately regarding use in racehorses.
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11-28-2015, 12:57 AM
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I don't know what the truth is. Difficult to believe the allegations would be true for a guy who earned 3 horse of the year awards while training two great horses. If you were an owner of a horse like Curlin or R.A., would you hire a guy who would do these horrible things to animals?
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11-28-2015, 06:28 AM
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