Comments on: MCLAUGHLIN HORSES ALLEGEDLY TEST FOR BANNED SUBSTANCE IN KY

By: Don Reed

Don Reed — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:26:29 +0000

Let’s get it over with.

Since sub-nanograms are inevitable, let’s put ALL of the trainers in jail on January 1st, 2010.

If you’re on the planet, you’re an automatic offender.

By: Gavemylifetoracing

Gavemylifetoracing — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:25:40 +0000

Funny how three horses that needed to be treated for a cough turned around 48 hours later and won a stakes race, an allowance race and ran third in another race.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:06:10 +0000

Mr. McLaughlin’s statement is excellent. If only Dick Dutrow and Jeff Mullins had half his class. I hope that his suspension is reduced to a symbolic one day.

I am sad that race horses, especially those stabled at racetracks, are not offered a healthier environment and better quality of life in order to prevent stress, depression, illness and to some extent injury and avoid “needing” so many treatments and drugs to continue training and racing them, aside of the “chemical warfare” some are engaged into.

Dr. JES, thank you! I am very interested by equine injury and death prevention, soundness issues and the destruction caused by the abuse of “therapeutic” drugs.

By: Romulous

Romulous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:43:36 +0000

They gave a year suspension for cobra venom. They should give Kiaren 6 months at least. That would stop all the people taking edge. If that would of been Steve Ass. He would of got a year. Keenland should not give him stalls next meet.

By: JES

JES — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:40:02 +0000

Bravo #39 Joe. You are right on. I am an equine vet and a racehorse owner and it is sickening what my colleagues do to horses on the track…and it ain’t “healing sick horses.”
Significant fines/licenses revoked will work miracles

#32 Marc the pharm. You are right except that you are most likely referring to an herbal remedy. A true homeopathic remedy has not a trace of the originaly substance.

#31 TTL Three day event horses are not allowed a trace of any medication during events. They are superior athletes.

By: Romulus

Romulus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:09:11 +0000

Therapeutic drugs that are allowed are ok. Therapeutic drugs that are not is cheating.

By: sumatriptan

sumatriptan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:24:42 +0000

+100

By: Marc@thepharm

Marc@thepharm — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:37:59 +0000

Congratulations to all you Trainers who got away with the injectable drug”STOP2″ The injectable form of STOP 20″ homeopathic remedy that contains Lobella Inflata It is made by “Immuvet inc.” and is used to help stop horses from bleeding. check out there web page– http://www.immuvet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44
Immuvet makes a injectable drug they do not advertise called “stop2″ that you have to get from a vet. I am sure there is some vets who put it in a prerace cocktail when a trainer asked for help to stop a horse from bleeding. “I am sure a lot of Trainers don’t even know!” Homeopathic drugs have passed the the drug test for years because they contain such low levels. AND IT LOOKS AS IF THEY WILL CONTINUE TOO! Congratulations

By: TTL

TTL — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:55:47 +0000

Is there a difference between helping a horse and cheating? Do you think ANY professional athlete competes and/or trains pain free? Is the presence of nano grams of ANY substance influencing the outcome of a sporting event? Don’t we need a practical system whereby certain medications ARE permissible at therapeudic levels and others are considered at zero tolerance?

By: G. Rarick

G. Rarick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:11:02 +0000

Bravo Joe! Anyone who doesn’t understand your message has never worked with horses. It doesn’t have to be that way. One of the reasons owners are so desperate to run their horses is that they need to pay vet bills that often match or exceed the trainer’s day rate.