Steroids- so why the resistence?

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> ?......steroids may increase the fertility or
> potency in male horses.as a side effect is
> increased testosterone levels,.....however it is
> converse for the fairer sex......many are not able
> to reproduce and battle to come into
> season......certain steroids are also purposely
> used to prevent racing mares from coming into
> season......:

No responses from the " Horse lover's society for the prevention of abuse and neglect to animals " yet?:S

Wouter Wrote:

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> Borrow me some roids - need to bulk up a bit,,,
> but in all seriousness - I do think that they need
> an international board to govern such rules and
> make it universal....

The International Federation Of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has made a drive towards this, but of the 59 member countries only 35 are full signatories to article 6 and 17 are partial signatories. The aim of Article 6 of the IFHA is to protect the integrity of racing, through controlling the use of substances capable of giving a horse an advantage or disadvantage in a race, contrary to its inherent merits.

A lot of natural remedies and herbs have unknown substances in them ... either naturally or else these are added by the manufacturers as adulterants. Trainers need to be careful about using things on their horses whose ingredients aren't known.

Tipster Wrote:

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> Wouter Wrote:
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> > Borrow me some roids - need to bulk up a bit,,,
> > but in all seriousness - I do think that they
> need
> > an international board to govern such rules and
> > make it universal....
>
> The International Federation Of Horseracing
> Authorities (IFHA) has made a drive towards this,
> but of the 59 member countries only 35 are full
> signatories to article 6 and 17 are partial
> signatories. The aim of Article 6 of the IFHA is
> to protect the integrity of racing, through
> controlling the use of substances capable of
> giving a horse an advantage or disadvantage in a
> race, contrary to its inherent merits.

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Surely then those countries should not be able to compete on the international circuit...
for namesake if Country XYZ dont conform... then they cant travel/compete in country ABC...

Wouter Wrote:

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> Tipster Wrote:
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> > Wouter Wrote:
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> > > Borrow me some roids - need to bulk up a
> bit,,,
> > > but in all seriousness - I do think that they
> > need
> > > an international board to govern such rules
> and
> > > make it universal....
> >
> > The International Federation Of Horseracing
> > Authorities (IFHA) has made a drive towards
> this,
> > but of the 59 member countries only 35 are full
> > signatories to article 6 and 17 are partial
> > signatories. The aim of Article 6 of the IFHA
> is
> > to protect the integrity of racing, through
> > controlling the use of substances capable of
> > giving a horse an advantage or disadvantage in
> a
> > race, contrary to its inherent merits.
>
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>
> Surely then those countries should not be able to
> compete on the international circuit...
> for namesake if Country XYZ dont conform... then
> they cant travel/compete in country ABC...

The IFHA is not recognised as the world's governing body though, it just invites country's authorities to join it, and furthermore the USA and Britain are among the partial signatories!

Article by David/Tipster (tu)

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