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Originally Posted by mountainman
An admirable sentiment, sir. But drugging was SO widespread and accepted back in the day, that Johnny Loftus once stood before the stewards and alibied a Sir Barton loss by blaming the trainer, Hard Guy Bedwell, for putting him on a "cold" horse.
Reportedly, officials considered that reason enough to reprimand both Loftus AND Bedwell. The unwritten policy simply asked that a horseman be consistent- Either dope a horse ALL the time, or none of the time.
And, of course, relating to Ben Jones....the occasional inference that Citation was addicted to cocaine.
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I know...people act as if this is some sort of new phenomenon, the drugging and juicing of racehorses.
As if steroids weren't available back in the days of Secretariat...I have news for people...humans were using steroids in the Olympics WAY BEFORE Secretariat was ever born...you draw your own conclusions.
The good old days are never as good as you remember them RacingFan1992.
