>>>>>Lastly, I would like to pose the question as to why anyone feels the need
to have any of these substances in their horse on ride day. If you
claim
that you are not enhancing performance but are only trying to maintain
longevity, then you may be fooling the person in the mirror -- and your
horse -- more than you are fooling me.<<<<<
Firstly thanks for your discourse, it's sneakily familiar, been meddling
er.. I mean preaching here before? <G>
I suspect that in general folk here are not guilty of self deception,
rather
they would rather not run a race in good faith and then be tested and
told
that they have been cheating. To the lay-man like myself it seems
incongruous
that it is acceptable to feed electrolytes through a syringe to prevent
tieing
up but it is unacceptable to include a couple of spoonfuls of MSM in the
daily
feed on race day or if some innocent passer by slips your horse a candy
bar.
-- Nicco Murphy Aerostructures Inc. F/A-18 Group, San Diego, (619)545-3333