If it is as Ringman indicates and if 15 mg/l is legal, what pain relief would 25 mg/l do. From documents read it appears over 600 mg/l up to 000's mg/l are the norm when given in treatmentsQuote:
Originally Posted by ringman
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If it is as Ringman indicates and if 15 mg/l is legal, what pain relief would 25 mg/l do. From documents read it appears over 600 mg/l up to 000's mg/l are the norm when given in treatmentsQuote:
Originally Posted by ringman
When you read this site ,we'll all be on the stuff.http://www.dmso.org/articles/information/muir.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by ringman
It's not what the level is at the time of the swab that tell you what benefit the horse gets, If you have a horse with cronic joint pain or arthritis drenching with High levels of DMSO can help relief both of these ailments. It is NOT illegal to do this as long as by the time you present your horse to race it is inside the legal threshold .... the same as bi-carb it is also not illegal to use but you have a level you have to be under to race , So treating a horse with DMSO leading into a race can be just as tricky as bi-carb, as the trainer you have to make sure your calculations are spot on or you run the risk of a positive swabQuote:
Originally Posted by p plater
Pain relief doesn't improve performance. It merely allows peak performance to occur.Quote:
Originally Posted by ringman
It only allows for ability to be realised, it doesn't increase ability.
Brendan, I suggest you take that argument to the various racing authorities.Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiebreno
Brendan I think your clutching at straws on this one mate , if a horse is racked with pain and you treat it with a pain reliever which allows it to perform at a greater level than it would have without the pain relief then surely this is enhancing it's performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiebreno
It has been debated not just in racing but in the world outside of racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Only on the race-day/night. It doesn't actually make the horse better. It merely just allows it to race to its potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by A BIT DUSTY
It's a fine line but surely painkillers aren't in the same league as growth hormones etc?
I'm not condoning the use or presentation of a horse to race with the drug in its system, all I'm saying is it doesn't make the horse better.
Is that right ??? so if the horse is only capable of performing at 80% in pain and its given pain relief and performs at 95% that hasnt improved its performance had it run with the pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiebreno
Brendan why do you think they are banned? if they do not enhance performance. and nobody is saying that it improves a horse or makes them run faster than they normally can , but allowing them to take away everyday pain that is part and parcel with performance horses is ENHANCING its performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiebreno
I always wondered what would happen if a horse that has been given pain relief? Fall's during a race, injuring other horses and people.
When I have a sore back I do not play football, my thinking is that I will just hurt my back more, am I wrong in thinking this way?