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Old 04-06-2007, 09:57 AM
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No one does but the problem is that as long as it helps there are going to be a certain segment that is going to try to take advantage of it. The problems in trying these issues in courts are that they are far from serious crimes in the grand scheme of criminal procedings and as such often dismissed as such. The judge in this case thinks that the penalties he handed out are harsh. Do you?
I have serious doubts about how much it helps. I can see it hurting as much as it might help. The few controlled studies I have seen on this brings me to this conclusion.

In this state you can be thrown into jail for abuse of horses. Horses found underfed in fields can result in criminal proceedings against the owners of the land and horses. The racing entities that own the land could theoretically have a lawsuit thrown at them. Its a stretch, but lawyers can work wonders if prompted.
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Old 04-06-2007, 10:01 AM
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I have serious doubts about how much it helps. I can see it hurting as much as it might help. The few controlled studies I have seen on this brings me to this conclusion.
It works. Controlled studies are the same things that tell us that we should eat X then the next week tell us not to eat X and then a third controlled study will tell us that sometime X is good but some X is bad.
And if it did not work why did every biker take it?
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Old 04-06-2007, 10:14 AM
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It works. Controlled studies are the same things that tell us that we should eat X then the next week tell us not to eat X and then a third controlled study will tell us that sometime X is good but some X is bad.
And if it did not work why did every biker take it?
Because it is Human EPO. The stuff injected into horses is not horse EPO. And it may lead to very bad and then very good performances in humans. It causes sludging, illicits immune responses against it in horses... I have seen no evidence that it works in enhancing performance. Lots of stuff was and is used that is legal in horses that may or may not enhance performance. Some of the crazy things I have seen and read about sounds like baseball superstitions. Except I dont think horses are superstitious. So the possible mental effect is negated.
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Old 04-06-2007, 04:33 PM
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I have seen no evidence that it works in enhancing performance.
Actually you have but just did not know it
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Old 04-06-2007, 04:34 PM
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Actually you have but just did not know it
I can think of a few years that were the golden age of EPO.
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Old 04-06-2007, 04:35 PM
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I can think of a few years that were the golden age of EPO.
In many places still are...
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Old 04-06-2007, 06:21 PM
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Actually you have but just did not know it
Have you seen a race with a horse on EPO that performed poorly? You might have and did not know it.
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Old 04-06-2007, 06:43 PM
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Have you seen a race with a horse on EPO that performed poorly? You might have and did not know it.
You can do better than that
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Old 04-06-2007, 08:17 PM
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You can do better than that
I will try some direct questions in order to do better:

1. Have you personally seen a horse injected with what you thought to be EPO?

2. If so, did the horse appear to run better or worse than what was expected, or could you not tell?

3. If you answered #2; Can you attribute the performance or lack thereof, to the drug you thought to be EPO?

4. Who is your head coaching cousin in the NBA?

I tried very hard. I am trying to learn stuff. Always. And I have a nasty habit of telling the truth, and trying to find out the truth. Or what appears to be reasonable.
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Old 04-06-2007, 10:33 AM
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It works.
How do you know?

Maybe you have heard of very good performances after injections. Have you heard of very poor performances after injections? Bad performances after taking a substance that is supposed to work are often pawned off on another reason.

Its the same old stuff. In theory it sounds good. So people try herbal remedy or something else. It works on 1 out of every 10 people. It has no effect on 8 out of 10. And ill effects on 1 out of 10. Guess which results get trumpeted... check out the infomercials.
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