(Weight Loss News) So, will annals one day show ‘Big Brown*?’ (USA Today)

Big Brown’s trainer has admitted giving his horse Winstrol — the same anabolic steroid that Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson took 20 years ago before the Seoul Olympics, the same substance that got Johnson kicked out of the 1988 Games and stripped of his gold medal in the men’s 100 meters. In fact, by the end of this year, what Dutrow said he regularly does — give all his horses an injection of Winstrol on the 15th of every month — will be illegal if Catlin and the racing industry get their way. Right now, 10 states ban the use of non-therapeutic anabolic steroids in horses — but not the Triple Crown states, which also include Maryland and New York. By the end of the year, the hope is that all 38 states that conduct horse racing will ban steroids. read more

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