April 4, 2020
Doping indictments show we have a lot of work to do – but are we up to it?
By: Charles Hayward Early on the morning of Monday March 9, I was starting work on an article on trainer Mark Casse, who one week earlier published an op-ed in Thoroughbred Daily News titled ‘Clenbuterol - it has to be stopped, and now’. “Clenbuterol is the most abused drug in our industry,” Casse wrote in his introduction. Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator that was designed to be used in the treatment of asthma and respiratory diseases. Casse stated that, if used inappropriately: It increases muscle massIt improves endurance and staminaIt boosts energy levels. However,...