Breeders' Cup 2011 | Trainers may delay drug ban

[andymays]

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111030/BUSINESS/310310011/Breeders-Cup-2011-Trainers-may-delay-drug-ban?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Excerpt:

Opposition from trainers may delay plans to ban a widely used anti-bleeding drug from thoroughbreds racing in some of the sport’s biggest stakes, including next year’s Breeders’ Cup.

[andymays]

I would like to know how they’re going to account for bleeding in the PP’s if Lasix is banned. Is there going to be some scale that indicates the level of bleeding and how much it affected the horse’s performance during a race? Horseplayers who are now for banning lasix will be screaming when they need a particular horse for a score and bleeding causes the horse to pull up.

[andymays]

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/could-race-day-medication-bans-be-delayed/

#5 about 7 mins ago by Frank L

Andrew A #3 ---

Realize, internal bleeding, which cannot be seen, IS consider bleeding in the U.S. today via endoscope. Internal bleeding is NOT considered bleeding in Europe, only external bleeding is. With no lasix the public will NOT be made aware of horses that do bleed internally. Further, since there are different ways to “try” to manage internal bleeders, the public will not know if, or if not, an internal bleeder is even managed, to begin with, on a particular day, and if the method used is even worthwhile. You see no one but the trainer will actually know if a horse has bled internally --- some may guess, but, not actually know. Lasix solves that problem as all horses that run on Lasix are considered “internal bleeders” at the very least. Further, with lasix all internal bleeding horses are managed in “exactly” the same way, at the same time, the public knowing that they are, indeed, managed the best way possible.