Drug Free Racing

[ALostTexan]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Drugs don't equal cheating and believe it or not are given for the good of the horse.

To an extent this is true, but abusing and/or overusing the drugs that are given to a horse is not for the good of the horse.

Yeah, injecting a sore knee of a horse with buvicaine can be good for the horse, as it will lessen the pain, but the risk verses reward isn't worth it and the horse can run through the pain.

Just one example...