Bret Calhoun suspended 30 days for medication violation

Bret Calhoun is a great trainer and runs lots of horses. The administration of this prescription calming agent must have occurred too close to post time by accident. It is certainly much better than using clenbuterol on a horse and many feel it should be an allowed medication. It doesn't enhance performance, it simply allows the horse to not suffer from hypertension. Is this not what's best for the horse and the betting public if the administration occurs well prior to post-time?

"the winners share 0f 26,000 fro m the subject race was revoked and the purse redistributed" awesome however the simulcast players and white collare bums the losses remain losses lol loolo lol lol go bret the doper calhoun

thats one issue horse racing needs to revamp "commissions" need only one commission that regulates all states etc,like NFL this way calhoun,dutrow,oneil etc cannot race anywhere when suspended,likewise jockey(pval)example previous years drugs ran out california then to lousisana lol, joke WE NEED ONE COMNMISSION TO RUN IT ALL get the dead weight out become stronger!!!!!!!!!!

amber you said it perfect,plus brett has changed since his early days sam houston 1994 when he was little down to earth man riding dabie coco and adrian barron on his "hay oats and water" horses he went to spotlight with cowboy dan that was great runner now 20 years later he is cheater and mean lol

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colette he WAS DOPING OK

mariln quit drinking while posting not his first time to cheat ok lol

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even with the suspension and fine for race cheating brett........we the public still lose in the race you cheated in....i could not see in form you were going to cheat...shame shame shame YOU HAD to do that???? lol

Lasix is not used in almost everyother country in the world besides the United States. It is not a class 1 violation. Most other countries do consider it as a performance enhanser because of the lower blood pressure that results from the dehydration. There is a reason that almost all trainers use lasix. Most horses would not have a bleeding problem and to say it is all for the horse is not being quite geniune. The biggest reason to stop the use of lasix is because it helps to cover up the use of other performance enhancing drugs. It does this by the same dehydration process of clearing the system. If no lasix was allowed it would be easier to pick up these performance enhancing drugs. Im not implying that is the reason this horse had a high level but it is used by some for this very purpose. It also has helped make the breed more prevalent to bleeders over time by covering up bleeders with this drug. The industry would be better off without the use of lasix. Our horses are weaker because of it and this is proved by how much better European horses are than American horses. I watch alot of European races and they are not bleeding as they race. There would be some short term pain but the breed would greatly benefit from its ban.