Andrew Beyer - For Whom Is Eight Belles's Toll? - washingtonpost.com

an article by the great writer andrew beyer of the washington post on the real problem in horse racing and that is, in the usa we allow drugs that the rest of the world doesn't, and it is the use of drugs and not the dirt surfaces they rce on, that is the problem. so horses who use drugs can win and then breed other horses who need drugs and the cycle goes on while the usa generaly seems to have 2/3 more fatalities, percentage-wise. i may be a little fast and loose with these numbers as i have not taken the time to get them exact, but the article includes some stats worth looking at. --LT
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Andrew Beyer - For Whom Is Eight Belles's Toll? - washingtonpost.com