Greyhound racing injuries, steroids in Arizona
Happy Valentine’s Day but not for these Arizona racing greyhounds.
Two years ago today – 2/14/08 – Anton Ego was injured at Phoenix Greyhound Park. This was the first of three racing injuries in 2008 for Anton Ego. During his racing career he ran 19 races, winning 4. He won his last race on Jan. 26, 2008, but continued to race and become further injured.
On Valentine’s Day 2008, his
- injury type – lame
- injury location – not provided
- treatment – not provided (does this mean treatment was not provided?)
- recovery time – not provided (was no recovery time provided?)
What happened to Anton Ego? Did he get adopted? Did he get euthanized?
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Also on Valentine’s Day 2008 at Phoenix Greyhound Park, BC She’s a Jewel suffered:
- injury type – fracture
- injury location – tail (ouch!)
- treatment – not provided (does this mean treatment was not provided?)
- recovery time – not provided (was no recovery time provided?)
From the Suspension List – what does that mean? Please email savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com to explain that term confidentially.
BC She’s a Jewel is still racing, as a matter of fact raced last night at Tucson Greyhound Park in the 17th race.
As of this website, BC She’s a Jewel has raced 116 times but this website ends December 2009. The dog is still racing.
We have to wonder how many times she has been injected with anabolic steroids to suppress estrus/heat. Human athletes take steroids to become more powerful and build more muscle.
According to the National Institutes of Health:
PubMed
U.S. National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2000 Jun;23(3):121-9.
Characterization of urinary metabolites of testosterone, methyltestosterone, mibolerone and boldebone in greyhound dogs.
Williams TM, Kind AJ, Hyde WG, Hill DW.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA.
Androgenic steroids are used in female greyhound dogs to prevent the onset of estrus; moreover, these steroids also have potent anabolic activity. As anabolic steroids increase muscle mass and aggression in animals, the excessive use of these agents in racing greyhounds gives an UNFAIR PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE TO TREATED DOGS.
The use of repeated anabolic steroids dosing to Arizona racing greyhounds should be banned because it harms the dogs with long-term dosing and compromises the integrity of greyhound racing wagering.
Please contact your legislators and urge them to vote YES for AZ HB 2637.
Androgenic steroids are used in female greyhound dogs to prevent the onset of estrus; moreover, these steroids also have potent anabolic activity. As anabolic steroids increase muscle mass and aggression in animals, the excessive use of these agents in racing greyhounds gives an UNFAIR PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE TO TREATED DOGS.
The use of repeated anabolic steroids dosing to Arizona racing greyhounds should be banned because it harms the dogs with long-term dosing and compromises the integrity of greyhound racing wagering.
What the he’ll are you people talking about here come the dum a$$ tht have no idea what the he’ll there talking about trying to pass uselss law …. Get over it …. The are no studies done on the side affects of the steroids …. Only the experiance by the ones that do use it on there dogs ….. Stop spreading fake information …….!!!!!!! And get a new hobbie !!!!!!
In response to “Buttout!”:
There are no studies done of the side effects of the steroids? (That’s EFFECTS. Spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-S, by the way). Apparently you had trouble reading the article above. Because if you did, you’d notice the fact that the statement you quoted was from a SCIENTIFIC STUDY published by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Connecticut. True, the statements in this article are ONLY substantiated by scientific research and experiments, rather than the “experiance by the ones that do use it on there dogs,” ( Which should be “experience” and “their”, but that’s beside the point.) but somehow, I doubt that this information is fake. Something tells me that the truth of the effects of steroids on greyhounds as published here is quite real. Maybe it’s the ENTIRE STUDY, which, if you should choose to read, can be found at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11110098