Only after Bourbon Bandit broke a leg racing last November did his
owner, Susan Kayne, learn the full extent of prescription drugs that
veterinarians had given him at Belmont Park on Long Island.
Until then, Ms. Kayne had believed that Bourbon Bandit was “sound and
healthy,” because that is what her trainer told her, she said. But new
veterinary bills arrived, showing that the horse had been treated
regularly with clenbuterol, a widely abused medication for breathing
problems that can build muscle by mimicking anabolic steroids.
“If a horse is sound, why does it need all these drugs?” she asked. “I never gave consent.”
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