WOW..will norway loose their medal??

[claire]

@kwilhide;3461325

I have found that when using something like Zostrix, that covering it with something like a boot or wrap(or my half chaps) has made the sting last a very long time. If air gets to it, it does not seem to sting, but when covered, even after being exposed to air for a little while and seemingly no sting, when then covering with something tight fitting, the sting comes back, at least for me. The heat must somehow reactivate the sting.

Or maybe the sweat re-activates the sting? I thought I read that water will re-activate the sting???

@Eurodressage

• Capsaicin is smeared on the horse’s front legs as it has first a prickling and then a dulling effect. The substance quickly vaporizes afterwards, which makes this doping very hard to detect.

-Capsaicin is a derivative of the chilli pepper plant. Previous to the competition all legs of the show jumper horses were examined, but nothing unusual was found. The blood and urine samples, though, show that the horses test positive to doping.

-Paul Farringdon, a member of the veterinary commission, said that although capsaicin has always been banned, it is only in the last two years that the technology has been developed to detect it because it disappears quickly from a horse’s system

-FEI vice president Sven Holmberg stated that, “This is obviously a serious blow to the sport and we are well aware of its implications for the future in the Olympics.” He added, “I think there tend to be more positive cases in show jumping because it is a bigger sport with more prize-money at stake.”

[springer]

IT’S LOSE, NOT LOOSE!!!

PROPER USE OF THE WORD LOOSE:
his girth is LOOSE
my pants are too LOOSE
my horse is LOOSE in the field

PROPER USE OF THE WORD LOSE:
Will Norway LOSE the Gold Medal?
I am going to LOSE it if you guys keep using the word loose for lose!!!

[gabriellemg]

All very disappointing.
If capsicum is used as a method to pick their legs up in jumping, it reminds me of methods used by gaited horses.

When I read all these doping cases and training methods (in all disciplines), sometimes I think I should stick to trail rides and give up on showing all together.

One of these days we are going to been on Animal Planet not for showing but under inhumane practices ie. Animal Cop show.

GMG
Texas USA