Re: [RC] claming agents that won't test positive, know any? - Howard Bramhall
Well, Heidi, I know I'm not the one who should come out and say it, but,
what the heck. "You have completely and totally lost it."
First of all, any of AERC's drug rules and policies apply only during the
ride. Once the vet gives you the "completion," or "pulls your horse," you
can go and use just whatever darn thing you wish on your horse. Some of
ya'll are getting completely carried away here, confusing the heck out of the
newbies and wannabes, discussing a policy that may be perfectly clear to you,
but, it ain't really all that clear at all.
OK, maybe 48 hours prior to the ride, no drugs whatsoever, but, the fact
that you expect us to go out there and police our yards and pastures, checking
for some weeds that may contain an illegal substance that is only illegal if you
use it during a ride, is one of the silliest things I have ever heard you,
Heidi, come up with. Absolutely, positively, just silly.
My horses prefer to eat those truly nasty, vile weeds that grow on top of
my septic tank. I'm not sure exactly what the names of those weeds are but
I do know I hallucinate every time I cut them with the lawn mower. Even if
that stuff isn't illegal, it sure as heck should be. And, you know
what? I ain't pulling out any of those weeds because Heidi says I should
("It behooves endurance folks to not have their horses eating strange
things"). She is full of the same stuff that is inside my septic tank
if she thinks that's gonna happen.
Subject: Re: [RC] claming agents that
won't test positive, know any?
>If some of these weeds were harvested,
dried I am sure you could classify them as a herb. The whole issue about herbs
is quite gray as far as I see. So in my pasture it is okay since it is a
naturally occurring substance but bought at GNC the same exact substance is
not allowed?
No, Truman, the rule is not gray at all. It
is just as illegal if they eat it in your pasture as if you buy it at GNC and
give it to them. It behooves endurance folks to not have their horses
eating strange things. The actual policy for implementation of the
rule, though, is that if your horse tests positive for trace amounts of some
off-the-wall thing that you clearly didn't give him, your violation of
the rule is most apt to be treated with a warning letter, whereas if he tests
positive for therapeutic amounts of something, you're gonna get
whacked.
