Lasix

[Danno]

Not quite. That's the official line/excuse right now, but it's rather more simple than that.
It is in fact the current testing regime that has shortcomings & so the horses that genuinely need it duly suffer as a result.
As soon as we reach a stage whereby urine testing is dispensed with and all our pre and post race testing is carried out via blood samples being drawn...all of a sudden nobody will give a fat rat's about whether we use Lasix or not.

G'day Jamie,
I know this is one of your favourite subjects, so for the rest of us, can you explain the differences in the shortcomings of the current test methods and the methods that will overcome these?

There has also been purported evidence that Lasix can/has lead to horses suffering from it's ongoing use, is this true or is it populist myth?

Some people say that 90% of horses should be on Lasix, do you reckon thats a fair figure?

Cheers,
Dan