Newmarket Trainer claims more than 100 horses given steroids

Not sure your opinion on this one; but it follows from the Mohmood Al Zarooni story:

www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/new...veTabs=last7DaysNews

James Goodman reckons its rife in Saf

Not cool, in a way, that one guy takes the wrap for something, most all do anyway - and keep hush in a time like this (when the one guy gets an 8 year ban!)

I get the feeling that most trainers use this for injuries, and during rest/ recovery periods of horses. So, why not come clean? Maybe the racing authorities should explore the efficacy of these drugs in terms of recovery; not advantage whilst in racing.

Or, am I way off the mark here?

Curlin Wrote:

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> Not cool, in a way, that one guy takes the wrap
> for something, most all do anyway - and keep hush
> in a time like this (when the one guy gets an 8
> year ban!)
>
> I get the feeling that most trainers use this for
> injuries, and during rest/ recovery periods of
> horses. So, why not come clean? Maybe the racing
> authorities should explore the efficacy of these
> drugs in terms of recovery; not advantage whilst
> in racing.
>
> Or, am I way off the mark here?

Well said, typical double standards apply, just ask the Scousers about Suarez.!!!

Steroids play an integral part in healing, cooling down inflamations, easing pain on bones and joints, etc, etc. Most of us have taken steroids, eg cortisone, at some stage of our lives. The jockey clubs are not banning the use of steroids (for speedy convalescence) what they dont want is racing horses with steroids. There is that window period which trainers need to comply with. Why dont trainers just do that instead of acting dumb.

There are 2 types of steroids, cortico which help with injuries and then the body building,agro making, food eating , muscle enhancing ANABOLIC steroids.Trainers are making themselves heroes using the latter in training and racing in South Africa. The silence is deafening. The vet books show the details, and the vets are administrating them. They are BANNED in England , why not here????

Plain and simple....the authorities should check every single vet bill before it is sent to the stable or owner......if the vets administer any thing else and inv differently it's fraud.....at least this will be a start.

the good Wrote:

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> There are 2 types of steroids, cortico which help
> with injuries and then the body building,agro
> making, food eating , muscle enhancing ANABOLIC
> steroids.Trainers are making themselves heroes
> using the latter in training and racing in South
> Africa. The silence is deafening. The vet books
> show the details, and the vets are administrating
> them. They are BANNED in England , why not
> here????


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