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We posed the following question this week:
Do you think there should be drug testing done on horses at NRHA reinings?
Here is what people are saying: |
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what
do you think? |
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Coming
from an accounting background, my answer would be what is the cost of drug testing,
and is the abuse that damaging? My involvement in reining has been since 1992
and I personally have not seem any long term or damaging effect on the horses
that I have had shown. I have a great concern for these great animals I breed,
raise, and show. Thank you.
Jim Blumer |
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yes,yes,
yes! I live in California. All shows are governed by state drug rules. At all
shows you are charged a drug test fee. Which pays for the program. Of course
they can only enforce the rules if a tester is on site. A.H.S.A. has a no drug
policy. With dire consequences if your caught. The idea behind all of this is
if you drug your horse,is it performance enhancing? Yes we have to medicate
horses for many things. If you have a horse that comes up lame at a show. And
you give it pain killers,or blood thinners. That's a performance enhancing drug.Because
you have masked the problem, not fixed it. In other words if the horse wasn't
given the drugs it would of been unable to compete. I think a no drug policy
is the fairest way to go. And the best for the horse. It cost alot of money
to show a horse. But we must decide what is best for our horses. Pull out of
a class, or risk permanent injury to our horse. To many time drugs are a short
cut in training. If a horse is sore,rings its tail or unhappy alot, maybe we
need to slow down and not push so hard. A very small percentage of horses no
matter how good can make the BIG SHOW.
Rick LaGoe, Ramona, California |
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Please
click here to read a response written by Brenda Pieper, NRHA Judge |
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In
my opinion it really does not matter to much for reining because a reiner has
to perform at such a high level of speed and think so quickly that if a person
were to drug them very much at all they could not perform at the best level.
I do not use them at all but the people I know that have have done it in such
small levels I wondered why they did them at all. And from what I understand
there are drugs you can get and use that are not detectable so I am not sure
it would be worth the money it would take to have it. Although with the Olympic
event becoming so popular we may have to introduce the drug testing to be able
to have shows concurrent with the USET shows. So in a nut shell, yes have it
if it means helping with the USET program and not really necessary for the NRHA
for it seems like they always find away around it if we put a block against
it. And some of those ways maybe more detrimental to the horses health. Who
knows. I like the question and am curious as to what kind of answers other people
have. Thanks
Kim Ferguson |
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I believe there should be the same drug
control as the race horse industry and hunter jumper industry, since we are
dealing with the athletic horse that goes through a rigorous routine (body
and stress). The reining horse industry has aspirations to be part of the
Olympics and should start preparing to be more disciplined in drug use.
Dave Belson
5B Quarter Horse Ranch |
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Absolutely!!!!!
San Benito Quarter Horses |
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I
don't not believe in drug testing. The rules forbidding drugs are seldom enforced
effectively. For these rules to serve the purpose for instituting them at all,
would require that all horses be tested, not just a few finalists. It is all
or nothing in my book. Either test them all, or test none. We do not use drugs
and never have, but I would consider it if we felt it were in the best interest
of the horse.
Maureen Christopher |
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I certainly think there should be drug
testing at NRHA shows and, every judge should take one
Slann Island Plantation |
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I Think you should set up a policy
for your "Controversial" remarks such as letters to editors in newspapers.
If a person does not have the guts to sign their name and address to their
coments, you should not publish their remarks.
N. J Van Sloun Tioga, TX |
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Yes, there should be the same regulations
against drugs as for the AQHA.
Gun-Britt Blomdahl
Lazy B Paint Ranch |
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No
Drug testing - I think some of these reiners who are seasoned and need something
to help them be comfortable and still perform far outweighs either having them
totally retired or knocked out of competition at perhaps a young age or worse
yet having them perform with a level of discomfort.
Heather McFarlane |
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I believe if a horse is disqualified for
drug use, it should not be allowed to go to another USET qualifying event
that year.
Anonymous |
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The purpose of this section is to create
a forum to bring up subjects that reiners often talk about, but seldom agree
on. We encourage you to write with your take on the subject. The above mentioned
points are in no way a reflection of anything official at NRHA, nor do they
reflect the opinions of e-reiner.com.We will be changing the subject weekly,
and will post responses as we get them. If you would like to keep your response
anonymous, please indicate so on your e-mail. Click on the link above to send
your response. If there ever was a chance to say what you mean and mean what
you say, this is it. |
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