An excellent article on Lasix and its pros/cons
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...g-horse-racing
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An excellent article on Lasix and its pros/cons
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...g-horse-racing
"Horses are not like fruit flies that hatch and reach reproductive maturity in only 10 days – there are multiple years involved in the generation time. And so, when you think about the distribution of several deleterious genetic changes through most of the thoroughbred population, it would take much longer than the 30 to 50 years that people are saying there’s been this profound drop in racehorse durability. As such, you cannot explain the drop in the number of starts strictly on a genetic model – the math just doesn’t work out.”
>>VVV>> AMEN! Beautifully put.
The greatest irony of all is that the substance Geoff Small was crucified for using (amicar) is shaping up to be by far and away the best/most effective/kindest anti-bleeder medication there is. I've been privvy to a couple of private studies into its use in equine athletes and they both strongly indicate amicar has ALL of the medicinal/therapeutic 'punch' of Lasix BUT without the associated possible intereference in drug testing by way of the 'dilution' of drug metabolites present in the horse's urine.
Thanks Harvey.
This is a cuppa and a couple of biscuits length read.
It certainly covers the issue of bleeders comprehensively and leaves it to you to decide your position
ps The comments make good reading too
Thanks Harvey..great read
A simple explanation of bleeding
https://horseracingsense.com/why-rac...-nose-running/
Lasix is surely contentious
I have combined several threads on Lasix and moved the above recent post from another thread so that we can find posts on the same topic in just one place
Lasix is very much in the news again as the USTA are campaigning against being included in HISA - the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act, which would include banning the raceday use of lasix
They have just released this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB03twflIQ4
I don't know whether I could continue to follow harness racing if our national body was opposed to being part of a Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act