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Originally Posted by taxicab
No surprise PETA is barking loud in the state capitol.
The minute Santa Anita backed down from the needle brigade horse racing was on the way out in California.........it was the syringe that broke the horses back.
Why Santa Anita/CHRB continue to let the horsemen push them around is beyond me.
Plain and simple: If you ask all of the non horse racing aware public(and that would be voters for future reference).......99% of them are going to tell you injecting a race horse with any kind of drug is wrong..........don't like those odds when push comes to shove.
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The reason they let horsemen push them around is the same reason employers will sometimes agree to an unwise labor contract rather than risking a strike (or a union will do the same).
If you are going to take on the horsemen on Lasix, you will face a strike. The horsemen are absolutely committed to their doping of horses. They will refuse to enter. They will alao sue the track claiming that only the CHRB can ban it. That suit will probably fail but will cost money and take time. Meanwhile the track will sit and lose money.
It's a game of chicken. Perhaps the horsemen will blink and enter because they will be taking a huge hit too. But given their absolute commitment to Lasix, it's hard to see them backing down.
