Re: [RC] I poked the stick in the hornet nest (drug rule) - Truman Prevatt
I used to feed Triple Crown Complete - did so for years. If that was my
only sin and the AERC wanted to persecute me for it - they would
probably would have had fight on their hands. I reason I stopped was
the dealer in my area went out of business - his property was bought
for a highway expansion and there are not other Southern States dealers
near me.
I'm no going to stop feeding a good feed from a reputable dealer just
because of a poorly written rule. If another one moves in I'll probably
go back to it and tell the AERC so they can make a test case of me. I
would welcome it.
Truman
Shelly Williams wrote:
OK, I'm the turkey that posted the
original question about the Yucca. I had just bought a horse and was
told that was what he ate (Triple Crown), so I toddled off to Southern
States and bought a bag, and low and behold, yucca. So I placed an
innocent email on Ridecamp, which promptly exploded. The Triple Crown
feed with the Yucca is being ingested by my friend's non-endurance
horse. I bought different feed. Whether the yucca is actually doing
anything or not, I'm not going to violate the drug rule. I honestly
wasn't sure if there was more than one kind of yucca, or what, since I
have seen it added to other feedstuffs as a flavoring. I don't get the
posts since I only have a work email, and was kind of shocked that the
whole thread is still thriving. The only issue I really have with the
drug rule is the fact that the improved methods of testing leave us
with the possibility of a horse testing positive for Banamine it got
for colic 5 weeks before a ride, or local anesthetics to stitch up a
wound that is actually healed by ride day, etc. I actually missed OD
one year because my horse scratched his eyeball, and the atropine and
antibiotic are of course not allowed - plus who wants to run 50 miles
with a photosensitive, blurry, sore eye. Anyway, just my 2 cents worth
- now I have to come up with another really controversial topic so I
can get everyone's panties in a wad for the next 2 weeks.
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pseudoscience
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science
than in
pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any
meaning,
science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one,
of
being true.” Carl Sagan
