Re: Drugs/Normal substances
C.M.Newell (reshan@deyr.ultranet.com)
Mon, 09 Dec 1996 17:33:24 -0500
At 04:15 PM 12/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Ray,
>>You wrote:
>>I know rule 13 has been a source of controversy since it's inception
>>but
>>it does give us the general guideline that no normally internally
>>occuring
>>substance should be administered to an endurance horse in competition
>>in abnormal amounts. Detectable or not!
>>-----------------------------------------------------------
>
>While I don't want to be contentious, this rule had it's problems as you
>have paraphrased it. We can all agree that electrolytes are "normally
>internally occurring substance(s)". Were we to follow this rule, we
>would not be administering electrolytes to our horses thru the ride. We
>all recognize that a horse would most likely not finish a hot, lengthy
>ride without them, so they are definitely "performance enhancing".....
Not to mention the fact that the rules, while prohibiting the
administration of Cosequin, et. al., do not prohibit the entry of a
neurectomized horse....let's not get feeling *too* pure here, friends...
--CMNewell, DVM