Originally Posted by
Pena
I think it is relatively simple to work out where I am coming from Kevin but I will elaborate for you.
Firstly, the article suggests that this drugged to the eyeballs horse pulled out an amazing run just because of the substance it was given. When in fact the run was far less impressive than subsequent runs when it had no cobalt in its system.
Secondly surely if what authorities say about the toxicity of cobalt and its effect on animal welfare how is this poor horse still one of the best 4 yo mares in Australia especially when she has had one of the highest recorded reading of 2600. Quite simply no real research has been done on either the short or long term effects of cobalt. Infact harness racing authorities sanction the use of cobalt containing substance otherwise they would ban VAM and Hemoplex etc. etc.