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Boy talk about a slippery slope.  "No sir I didn't drug my horse so you 
can't sanction me!!" On the other hand, simply slipping the 
competition's horse a "micky" would eliminate them from the competition. 
One has to wonder what the sport has evolved to if these types of 
questions have to be asked.

The simple solution is pretty simple. One is responsible for one's 
horse. That would mean that one would watch one's horse at all times so 
that it could not be slipped something. I would suggest that if a horse 
is found to be competing on a banned substance then the horse is 
automatically DQ without appeal and the owner is automatically suspended 
for 1 year on the first offense - lifetime on the second. That way 
owners would make sure a) they didn't dope the horse and b) no one else 
did.

An owner claiming that "someone else did it" holds about as much water 
as Barry Bonds claiming "someone slipped me steroids - it wasn't my fault."

Truman

DVeritas@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 3/30/2006 3:27:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, 
> goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>     But for the offender at a World Championship to walk away
>     with....4. No fine or suspension shall be imposed upon
>     HH.....speaks volumes.
>
> Hi Tom,
>     You know initially, I felt the same way.
>     Then, I started thinking about who actually administered the drug 
> to the horse.
>     I have no experience in the UAE, and as many know, I am no fan of 
> the "sport" they pursue over there, but it seems to me that just about 
> anyone could have slipped the drug to the horse at an event such as 
> the WEC.
>     Even a competitor who believed that once the horse was tested that 
> a couple of things could be accomplished by drugging the 
> horse...eliminating the horse from the competition/result and sullying 
> the reputation of the rider/owner/train/team of the horse.
>     So, short of actually witnessing the drug being administered by 
> some reputable and unimpeachable person, I wonder how "the offender" 
> could ever been truly adjudicated and penalized.
>     Even in our country, in our sport, how truly "exposed" are our 
> horses to the folks who might want to do bad things at endurance rides?
>     I choose to believe that our sport is populated by wonderful, 
> well-intentioned individuals who always pursue endurance in an 
> above-board fashion.
>     But sometimes, I just don't know.
>     Okay, OFTEN I just don't know.
>  
> Frank
>  
>    
>  



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