Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Follow up to NFL and Horse Racing Sharing a Moment May 14

Follow up to NFL and Horse Racing Sharing a Moment May 14:
In my last blog related to horse racing I made the comparison between the consequences Horse Racing attaches to doping violations (minimal to non existent) and the consequences the NFL attached to New Orleans Saints organization for paying bounties for Saints players injuring opposing players (MAJOR).
This link is to an ESPN article that exposes  positive tests in horse racing for  dermorphin or ’frog juice’ .  http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/8083835/leap-forward-horse-racing
It will be very interesting to watch and see how the racing commissions handle this situation.  Since there is absolutely no excuse for dermorphin to be present in the blood of a horse at ANY level, we   finally have a black and white situation in horse racing drug testing.  There is no opportunity for bickering about withdrawal times.  If horse racing is serious about ridding itself of cheaters, here is the chance, ban the trainers for life that allowed dermorphin to be used on their horses.  Anything less is a green light for doping.
Lets see how serious we really are about solving the problem.

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