Olympics Take Their Horse Drug Testing Seriously

If these Beijing Olympics have taught us anything, it’s that the human species is weak. While Olympic athletes of the homo erectus persuasion are allowed to pop some Aspirin if they have a little ouchy on their tuchus, horses are forced to suck it up and play through the pain. Like men! Like horse-men!

Girl riding horse

(Chicks dig studs)

Our Canadian brethren, CBC SPORTS, has a story today detailing just how stringent the drug-testing policy has been during the Olympics. For horses, at least:

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