HORSE DOPING- A Compounded Tragedy by Rick Dennis June 2, 2014

Recently HBO aired a segment of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel featuring a documentary on Horse Doping and its effects on Thoroughbred horses on the racetrack.
Besides exposing yet another ominous side of the horse industry, the documentary illustrated the abuse horses are receiving in the “The Sport of Kings” for the amusement and satisfaction of horse owners, track owners, trainers and spectators alike from modern drug preparations.

The outright disgusting side of the sport is clearly illustrated by a horse being put down on the far side of a racetrack. A simple hole was dug in the ground that contained the carcasses of euthanized horses. Not a very pleasant site for the general audience, especially animal lovers!  Notwithstanding, the main theme of the documentary is horse doping and its adverse effects drugs have on the on the racehorse.

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