Nasal Strips

[miff]

JB,

Equibase having trouble gathering the info. If all venues reported it as an equipment change, heavens forbid, you could capture it for your stuff off the equibase file.

Lotta discussion on release of vet records and many other matters of transparency valuable to gamblers....meeting some fierce opposition from one group or another.

Tell your pal at the Jockey Club that they are useless.Lots of transparency stuff could be centralized and available at their site,FREE. They could use the money being spent on the useless bus tour in it\'s stead.

Mike

[louisvilleguy1111]

This is garbage... If the thing isn\'t an enhancer then why so aggressive in saying they may not run the horse?? So your telling me NO horse in NY has been able to use one but now that the Triple Crown is on the line, it\'s now ok throughout the state to wear them?? LOL NY Racing backed down way to fast over this... So they really were not going to race him in the Belmont Stakes if not allowing to wear it? ONCE AGAIN LOL. Yeah lets pass up the opportunity to become the 12th Triple Crown winner, whatever, it was a total bluff by the owners and NY gave in FAST!

Let me say one last thing if it wasn\'t a total bluff to get their way then what does that say about the thinking in the CC Camp on what this strip (ENHANCER) is doing for the horse? Makes me kinda wonder if Churchill was really at fault for their Derby experience being less then satisfying?? I mean more and more they (owners) are looking like jerks if you ask me... AND TRUST ME I WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT DEFENDING CD INC. normally!!

AH what being in the spotlight of the media can do to people from humble beginnings before the Derby to now pushy aggressive \"we won\'t run unless we get our way\" possible Triple Crown winners. Life is a gift isn\'t it.

[jerry]

Nasal strips were in vogue a few years ago before their popularity petered out most likely due to efficacy. My take on this is the trainer and owners are old school, superstitious, if it works don\'t change it types. I don\'t remember nasal strips having much of a performance impact when they were popular and I don\'t think they have much to do with CC\'s current success.

[smalltimer]

According to EquiMed the makers of FLAIR Nasal Strips:
\"FLAIR nasal strips are scientifically proven to reduce lung bleeding and can reduce bleeding as much as the drug Lasix/Salix when horses are running to fatigue.\"
EquiMed editorial 5/5/2012

[jerry]

It shouldn\'t have been an issue. NY was on the wrong side of the rule and it took a crisis to fix it. That\'s usually when things do get fixed.

[TGJB]

Mike-- the issue with the JC is not intent, it\'s lack of leverage.

The other problem is every time there\'s something everyone can agree on (stopping ILLEGAL drugs, releasing vet records etc.), someone decides that\'s a good time to start attaching \"hay and oats\" to the project, which stops it dead.

[jerry]

That\'s advertising.

[TGJB]

If it\'s for luck, let him run with it stuck on his butt.

[jerry]

I think you understand my point better than that.

[TGJB]

I do not. And given the horse jumped 11 points (6 1/2 from an isolated top) and stayed there, with that being the only change we\'re aware of, what evidence there is says it\'s a performance enhancer.

[P-Dub]

TGJB Wrote:
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> If it\'s for luck, let him run with it stuck on his
> butt.


Jerry,

Nasal Strips help air coming in.

This clearly does the opposite, restricting air from coming out.

[chuckles_the_clone]

Chrome 2.0? Naw, going with California Mozilla. Maybe California Netscape.

[miff]

if he were a she, they might use a vagina strip....dont laugh!

[jerry]

Wrong. These were popular years ago and had so little impact most barns stopped using them. That\'s your evidence. Saying he jumped forward 11 points and the only equipment change a was a nasal strip and so it must be the nasal strip is really lame reasoning and is denying a lot of what we know about 2yos getting faster at 3.

[louisvilleguy1111]

I agree if its not enhancing the horse in some way since putting it on then what\'s the big deal about stating you may not run.. unless A) they like to complain or  B) they are looking for a way out of running?? I mean the horse looked dead tired after the race to me. There is only one way to end this so all will be right with the world and that is let the horse wear it and he still lose the race. Anything else from this point on it\'s controversy...