Article from today's NY Daily News

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Originally Posted by Kasept

I'll let Chuck explain the nuances, but performance-enhancing here in terms of being artificially aided to perform above physical limitations in isolated circumstance.

I'm not trying to be a smartass here, I really want to learn....

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.