Should we read anything into the fact that Pletcher is on fire at Keenland?

[Footlick]

I have a question, and maybe this has been addressed so I apologize if it has.  I know that oxygenating the blood by transfusions has been banned in human sports.  Is is allowed in thoroughbred racing?  Or are you talking aboout oxygen tents.  Sorry for my ignorance.

[Funny Cide]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Nonsense. I\'ve posted here several times about
> broncho-dilators, red blood cell stimulators,
> lactic acid neuralizers, etc. If you don\'t get
> tired or get more oxygen performance improves.
>
> I\'m not sure everyone realizes how small a change
> is required to make a BIG difference. A 1%
> improvement in time at a mile is a second. Think a
> second makes a difference in a horse race?

Why don\'t they just hire you to catch \'em, Jerry?

[TGJB]

Funny-- the Jockey Club did bring me in towork with their integrity panel, and recommended some of what I sugested (the early stuff about TCO2, about 3 years ago). But they balked at my saying all test results needed to be published, and to some degree are a toothless tiger-- they can just recommend, not mandate.

Until we know who is really being tested, how, for what, and what the results are, we can\'t begin to figure out the specifics of what is being done.