TY - JOUR
T1 - Drugs and race-horse performance
AU - Tobin, Thomas
AU - Kamerling, Steven G.
AU - Anderson, R. L.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Since 1900, stimulant drugs have been used illegally to improve the performance of racing horses. Classic performance trials with small numbers of horses have failed to detect drug effects on maximal performance. Careful characterization of the responses of horses to illegal drugs, followed by studies in large numbers of racing horses are required to demonstrate performance effects of drugs in horses. In an article which contains no TiPs tips, Thomas Tobin and his colleagues describe and analyse the various 'dope tests' that have been used and discuss their impact on the racing world.
AB - Since 1900, stimulant drugs have been used illegally to improve the performance of racing horses. Classic performance trials with small numbers of horses have failed to detect drug effects on maximal performance. Careful characterization of the responses of horses to illegal drugs, followed by studies in large numbers of racing horses are required to demonstrate performance effects of drugs in horses. In an article which contains no TiPs tips, Thomas Tobin and his colleagues describe and analyse the various 'dope tests' that have been used and discuss their impact on the racing world.
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-6147(85)90057-4
DO - 10.1016/0165-6147(85)90057-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:46549098874
SN - 0165-6147
VL - 6
SP - 129
EP - 132
JO - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
JF - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
IS - C
ER -