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04-27-2008, 03:44 PM
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So there's no confusion, and I'm hardly a Dutrow apologist, Winstrol and the other approved steroids (Equipoise, etc.) remain legal in most racing juristictions and are NOT performance-enhancers. The jargon that "Dutrow admits giving Winstrol" makes it seem like that alone is an indictment of some kind and it isn't and should not be. .
The steroids are not the 'drug problem'. Tubing of horses (lactic acid reducing) and pain-maskers (snail or cobra venom, "caine" family drugs) represent the 'drug problem'. Chasing steroids out is a seperate issue and has a benefit in certain areas, but currently is being employed as a publicity stunt to give the appearence of progress in ridding the game of 'drugs'.
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04-27-2008, 03:49 PM
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i doubt anyone is confused at all about dutrow and his comments.
lol he 'doesn't know' how illegal doping happens....too funny.
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04-27-2008, 04:06 PM
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Steve, I am sure many uneducated -- both fans/bettors and non-fans/bettors -- will rant and rave about this. I am sure the media will play a role as well. It's no different from any trainer -- and there have been several -- who said they use such and such on a regular basis.
I think it's an entirely different issue, but even to those who understand -- it might not be the statement as much as it is the author. Eric
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04-27-2008, 08:49 PM
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I was addressing the silly way the Winstrol 'admission' was termed by the author of the piece. I guarantee a great number of readers here and everywhere IMMEDIATELY interpretted 'steroid use' as the application of performance-enhancing drugs.
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04-27-2008, 08:53 PM
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I need to be educated here.
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04-27-2008, 08:57 PM
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04-28-2008, 04:36 AM
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Let's see if I have it now. "Performance-enhancers" for horses are things given to them the day of the race or in the days leading up to the race that mask pain or in the case of a milkshake, aid stamina. Whereas steriods are a mantenance drug that are not necessarily "performance-enhancing", but do aid in their developemnt and recovery. Correct? I guess it is semantics.
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04-28-2008, 04:47 AM
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04-27-2008, 09:06 PM
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04-27-2008, 09:10 PM
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I thought it was used for horses that were in bad shape and not eating well. Or for anemia. I know it is a derivative of testosterone in humans. I think this is the hormone Ben Johnson of Canadian sprinting fame used and got his record thrown off the books for. Could be wrong. Might have taken his medals.. anyways I think this was the steroid.
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04-27-2008, 09:12 PM
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you need to visit China. Yikes.
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04-27-2008, 09:12 PM
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04-27-2008, 09:17 PM
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The question in my mind is of giving the drug automatically to all his horses on the same date each month. Not in favor of the automatic shot.
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