ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Chondroitin Sulfates and MSM

Re: [endurance] Chondroitin Sulfates and MSM

K S Swigart (katswig@deltanet.com)
Wed, 1 May 1996 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT)

Does anybody know how these things fit in with the AERC drug policy. My
first guess would be that they are forbidden.

I certainly would say that they are drugs (whether they show up in a drug
test or not) and therefore are forbidden by the spirit of the law if not
by the letter. But then, I come down pretty far on the "No" side of the
No drugs issue. I figure I have ridden my horse too hard if I need to
give him bute on the trailer ride home to make him comfortable.

I like to ride a horse so that if I were at a multi-day ride, I would be
able to start him the next day. That is what "fit to continue" means to me.

How do other people feel about this?

kat
Orange County, Calif.