There has been plenty of talk of banning steroids in horse racing in the past several months, and now writer Bill Finley, writing for ESPN, says its time for Lasix to be banned as well.
Finley writes that nowadays "trainers use Lasix not to control bleeding but to make sure they are on a level playing field with everyone else." He also cites numbers to support his argument that Lasix be banned, noting that in 1970, before Lasix, the average number of starts per runner in New York was 10.22; now it's down to 6.31. He says that during the same period, the average field size at New York Thoroughbred tracks has falled from 8.62 to 8.17.
Click here to read his column on espn.com.
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