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BREEDER'S CUP AGAINST ANABOLIC STEROIDS

The Breeder's Cup has banned Anabolic Steroids this year.

Used on Thoroughbred racehorses to help them win, it is a chemical that may prove to provide problems with health. It is time for racing to ban them altogether, and the Breeder's Cup Associates have been the first to do so. All horses will be tested before the race, and if they are found with the steroids, their trainer will be banned from the race for a year. The winner, place, show, and one random horse out of the finished race will tested, and if any are found guilty, the trainer will be banned from the race for a year. If a trainer violates this rule three times, he will be banned from the race forever.

January 1st of 2009 will also begin the ban for anabolic steroids in all Breeder's Cup related races. Any racetrack that sponsors the Breeder's Cup or Win and You're In races must have anabolic steroids banned, or their offer will be turned down.

Hopefully, this ban will help Thoroughbred racing to become a powerful sport again with powerful horses, as it was in the old days. ~Cassidy Deardorff