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Originally Posted by chadk66
Something tells me all this will go the way of the Assmussen tales
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Impossible.
It can't just go away. The breakdowns will continue. There's nowhere to hide.
This is SERIOUS! It's not like the P6 scandal, where they catch the guys and then let the river run for awhile, and suddenly, everybody has forgotten about it. The breakdowns will continue, and each generation of horses, until this drug is absolutely and positively taken out of action, will continue breaking down.
You could see racing being suspended in a state like California for a couple years as a solution to ridding the sport of the drug. All horses in training, at this time, potentially could have been exposed and treated with this drug. A strong case could be made for making all horses fold prior to 2019 ineligible to race in order to protect them from possible injury.
We have always known that horse racing would ultimately succumb due to self inflicted damage. They've potentially ACTUALLY done it in California. The greed so overcame the industry that any horse in training can't be trusted to be sound.
