Website Features Horse Racing Drug Reform Testimonials

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Claiborne Farm’s Seth Hancock and Thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas are among those featured in a series of video testimonials posted on the cleanhorseracing.org website. The advocacy website dedicated to the reform of medication rules was launched earlier this year by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

In addition to Hancock and Lukas, the site features testimonials from owners Gary Biszantz, Bill Casner, Barry Irwin, and Peter Willmott, and Hall of Fame trainer LeRoy Jolley.

"Because of the liberty of having Lasix and drugs, I think that it’s a lot easier to maybe just bypass some of the old horse truths of training and conditioning and diet and just say, ‘Well, he bled, let’s give him a shot of Lasix and roll on’," Lukas says on the video.

Lukas also shares his belief that racing needs uniform medication and proper funding of drug-testing labs throughout the country, according to a release form TOBA and The Jockey Club

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