The North American racehorse competes on a plethora of medications for the most basic and obvious reason: their owners believe they will compete better with the use of drugs and therefore earn more money. As long as that mind-set exists, legal drugs like Lasix aren=t going anywhere. The pro-medication forces are committed and influential, stand firmly in the way of any meaningful change and have become even more energized by victories such as the Breeders= Cup=s about-face on banning Lasix.
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