question for JB

[martoon]

Hey JB.. Hope you\'re feeling better today.  What do you think of this Kiaran Mclaughlin suspension?  Is this harmless stuff or systematic driving to the very edge of the rules?  I haven\'t heard much outrage over it.  These trainers really seem to be working these broncio-dialators hard with situations like this and Mullin\'s Airpower gig.  I was surprised to see that he was administering this stuff with a face mask.  Is this one of those deals where the super trainers have the money to throw the vet at every thing imaginable to every horse in the barn to get an edge?  I heard jack Van Berg once said horse racing is chemical warfare now and this seems like a case in point.  Too bad for the smaller barns who can\'t afford to gas mask their horses with meds every day to level the playing field.

[TGJB]

Martoon-- these are all good questions, and until we start getting test results published we\'re not going to be able to figure out the answers. Right now we can\'t even be sure what they are testing for or how they are testing.