Damn I hate this shit. Poor horses.
Oklahoma City - March 18, 2013 - Regulators last summer uncovered a scheme where a handful of trainers were using a performance-enhancing drug that can be drawn from the back of the frog to rig races at Remington Park and elsewhere.
The so-called “frog juice,” described as 40 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, is suspected of helping horses run faster, possibly by masking pain.
So far in Oklahoma, 15 horses have tested positive for the drug, 10 of which were quarter horses trained by two brothers, Roberto Sanchez-Munoz and Alejandro Sanchez-Munoz, both of Vinton, Texas.
The Oklahoma Racing Commission recently suspended the brothers from racing and cases are pending against three other trainers for positive tests in five horses.
Meanwhile, the owners of Remington Park in Oklahoma City earlier this month won court approval of a decision to ban four other trainers, including some alleged to have employed the drug both in Oklahoma and at tracks in other states.
“It damages the integrity of the sport,” racing commission Executive Director Constantine Rieger said. “Surely when you have the industry being talked about in a negative light, it's obviously going to damage the public interest and confidence in racing,”
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https://newsok.com/oklahoma-horses-doped-with-frog-juice-jumped-to-winners-circle/article/3766705
So far in Oklahoma, 15 horses have tested positive for the drug, 10 of which were quarter horses trained by two brothers, Roberto Sanchez-Munoz and Alejandro Sanchez-Munoz, both of Vinton, Texas.
The Oklahoma Racing Commission recently suspended the brothers from racing and cases are pending against three other trainers for positive tests in five horses.
Meanwhile, the owners of Remington Park in Oklahoma City earlier this month won court approval of a decision to ban four other trainers, including some alleged to have employed the drug both in Oklahoma and at tracks in other states.
“It damages the integrity of the sport,” racing commission Executive Director Constantine Rieger said. “Surely when you have the industry being talked about in a negative light, it's obviously going to damage the public interest and confidence in racing,”
Full story in here.
https://newsok.com/oklahoma-horses-doped-with-frog-juice-jumped-to-winners-circle/article/3766705
