Arthur Hancock III

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I don't see them racing on lasix as hypocritical--if everybody else is using it, no point in penalizing yourself because it does affect things like water weight. He's arguing from a 'everybody needs to put their guns down, not just me' basically. The point others are making is that nobody should need to stop.

I have to respectfully disagree on the hypocrisy point. The anti-Lasix crowd have advanced several arguments as to why the medication should not be permitted on race day. In his piece, Hancock espouses one of the popular arguments - that use of Lasix is harmful to the horse. If so, then racing his horses on Lasix is hypocritical; by using the medication on his horses, he is essentially saying that his financial interests outweigh the health of the horse.