Here’s an interesting BH article from earlier in the month. The game needs to be regulated on a consistent national scale. The problem whether drugs, track management, general equine welfare, etc., is that the industry leadership is so segregated that nothing gets done. Punishment for infractions is like the flavor of the day at an ice cream shop.
Those are only guidelines. You can administer any medication within the guidelines, and if you get a positive, too bad you are on the hook. Ellis does not have a large stable yet he is the top user of anabolic steriods in CA. That says something.
