Quote from: jstrcehors\"Look, all Im saying is that nothing can make a horse perform above their ability. Nothing,I know this. I spent 5 years riding along with one of the best vets on the west coast, seven days a week. Milkshakes have been around since the 70\'s.This is not something new. I don\'t doubt that co2 levels can help a horse reach their ability.I know lasix allows a horse to breathe. Although it may help more by calming them down.Is that cheating? I can only speak for California. Cheating as you guys call it is very tough.\"

This is absolutely ridiculous. You don\'t get the point that JB is trying to make, and while I don\'t want to speak for him, I can care less about the ABILITY of a horse. With respect to what you are saying, that is true, you can\'t outrun ones ability, BUT if 5 horses are running in a race with the same ability, but two are milkshaked, those two are going to run CLOSER to their full ability more often then the three others that are not milkshaked.

Horses don\'t run to their full ability all the time, they are not machines.

And if I am not mistaken, JB knows the natural level with variance within a thoroughbred thus the reasoning he would like those levels published.

So in your expert opinion, if you have 5 horses, all the same ability, are you saying that if four run without being shaked and one gets shaked, that the will all run to their full ability?