OP Enhances Rule on Intra-Articular Corticosteriod Injection

[tims70ar]

Oaklawn has tweaked a new rule.
I'm not astute enough to know what to think about it.

oaklawn.com/racing/news/press-release-1-24-24/

[merasmag]

isn't it plain as day?
"smart" sportwriters wanna diss on racing
they don't wanna go below the surface bcuz they
know no1 cares
better to have peta 4 their ad-buys

i'm "guessing" it's a borel
"thang"
hatas gotta hate

this is why horseracing
can't have nice things

may he win da derby
preferably with ricky
lolol

[1hooper]

Seems they are trying to prevent the catastrophic injury with more oversight.
I support those initiatives.

[mysaladdays]

Oaklawn has ALWAYS been willing to be on the forefront to test stuff out.

A few years ago they gave an extra 10% to horsemen in 2 year old races who did not use lasix.

For many years Mr Cella was 100% against computer robotic wagering teams and was very serious about not allowing them into pools there, as he belieeve they were detrimental to everyone.  I rarely saw people bringing that up, but there were no CRT in the pools there.   They had a decision to make and they made it. 

Now they have agreed not only too be one of the volunteers to set aside a special area for injections, but are adding a tweak that veterinarian studies have shown are a major and suspected cause of breakdowns, by requiring a radiograp.  More oversight, less chance of needles being snuck into barns, and putting the horse first. 

How anyone can fault these kinds of initiatves I truly do not understand. The future of U.S. racing depends on transparency going forward. So does racing PR. 

We don't need more *preventable breakdowns*, do we?   

Or should we just not bother "because these things happen in horse racing" ? 

[merasmag]

i have nothing against oaklawn
u could look back over 20 years of posts under my name
and knot find more than 5 bad words.
i would actually like to go there one day and hang with
NO POLITICS

i see nothing about a "special area"
knot that that would matter to cheaters

and if you have had as many imaging tests as i've had
(and i imagine sum others here)
you would surely understand they can be interpreted
differently by different vets

i stand by my comment and if
i didn't have an irrational fear of dogs
i shooda been a vet bcuz they will be
making bank