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General Category => Ask the Experts => Topic started by: wrongly1 on September 30, 2020, 07:23:42 AM
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Jerry
Now that the bill has passed, care to comment on how things in racing may change? Or is it just more window dressing? Thanks. T.
https://www.drf.com/news/house-passes-horseracing-integrity-and-safety-act
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It’s too soon to know. A lot depends on who ends up on the board.
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I was wrong. I thought the bill created a board that would have the power to ban Lasix. It actually bans Lasix, which is a disaster for horseplayers, among others in the industry.
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Wait. Bans lasix for all horses?
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No exceptions here? While Lasix as a masking agent can be discussed there are legitimate medical uses that benefit the horse.
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It’s complicated. Haven’t got time now.
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Plenty of misconceptions about the bill floating around. 65 pages but fairly easy reading.
Here is a copy. https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4547/BILLS-116s4547is.pdf
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One of the implications of all that’s going on is that come Jan 1 we’re going to be dealing with tons of horses that are first time Lasix, and horses going on and off Lasix as they go into and out of stake races.
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MATT HEGARTY (Link): Near-certain passage of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act raises host of questions (https://www.drf.com/news/near-certain-passage-horseracing-integrity-and-safety-act-raises-host-questions)
Hegarty provides a thorough review of the issues involved..
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Re right at the end. I want to know who this “publicâ€â€™that’s against Lasix is, and how they know that.
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TGJB Wrote:
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> Re right at the end. I want to know who this
> “publicâ€â€™that’s against Lasix is, and how
> they know that.
It\'s the \"non-betting public\", responding to a push poll.