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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
As long as the trainers can use drugs to stop the pain in race horse break downs are going happen at a high rate. A sore horse won't run a lick. A sore horse on pain killers who doesn't realise bad it is hurting will run it heart out until its injure causes it to break down. If you want to really reduce break downs, crack down on the use of pain killers.
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Going by your reasoning, wouldn't places that allow race day Bute have more breakdowns than average? States like California and Massachusetts immediately come to mind.
Don't think that's the case though...
