<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/78629873-601d-4d44-a5b0-d44247f7c82f/3986D614-12A8-4D70-8BCA-C5B338D4559D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/" href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/" style="font-size: 11px;">roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><H2 class="entry-title">Getting a Grip on Drugs and Horses</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/img/64B058D5-36CC-44F9-8602-576C8ED300EC" alt="Breeder's Cup" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><SPAN class="caption">The Juvenile Fillies horse race at the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Nov. 6. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><P>More than a half-dozen trainers who have been accused of <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/sports/05horses.html?scp=5&sq=horses&st=cse">doping their horses</A> participated in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., to compete in 14 races worth more than $25.5 million in purse money. Some of these trainers have been cited for multiple and serious drug violations; indeed, some have been barred and suspended from the sport for periods of time. But none of these punishments have deterred trainers from doping their animals. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><P>What should horse racing officials in the U.S. do to prevent this kind of abuse of horses? And what should be the penalties? <SPAN id="more-23113"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><P>To equate the use of drugs in horse racing with the “abuse of horses” is misleading. And it is misleading when Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg tells Congress that modern thoroughbred racing has become “chemical warfare.” </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/getting-a-grip-on-drugs-and-horses/"><H4>It’s Not as Bad as It Looks</H4></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3986D614-12A8-4D70-8BCA-C5B338D4559D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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