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From: gerchgo
11/11/21
Yay! All tests were clean from this years BC!!
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/all-breeders-cup-tests-come-back-clean/
From: Amy (1pony)
11/11/21
This is awesome news, they also did not talk about it, but since no Lasix was used, it would appear we had no bleeders either.
From: gerchgo
11/11/21
Or they didn’t report their bleeders. It didn’t look like any horses stopped or were eased in the races?
From: Amy (1pony)
11/11/21
Many trainers are still not convinced that no Lasix is best for racing. I am sure we would have heard news if a horse had bled.
From: Amy (1pony)
11/12/21
They Ran a Lasix Free Breeders' Cup...And Nothing Happened
The biggest story when it comes to the ban of Lasix in the Breeders' Cup is that there was no story. It was, simply, a non-factor. A total of 148 horses competed in this year's Breeders' Cup, all of them running Lasix-free. There were no reports of any horses being in distress or bleeding from
Read more from TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and AuctionsFrom: gerchgo
11/12/21
Excellent!!! It puts all horses on the same playing field! I think the whip rule may have played a part as well as horses weren’t continually stressed to go faster?