Shawn Smeallie Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Shawn Smeallie It's a performance enhancer, the fact is that only 5 % of horses need Lasix to run and 95 % of them take it. The reason is that you don't want to run against a horse that's taking Lasix because they have a 30 pound weight advantage. Shawn Smeallie politics They are more of a casino and gambling company and anything that may remotely smell of additional costs or regulation, they are not interested in. Shawn Smeallie politics Getting our arms around the medication issue in racing will go a very long way toward preventing a lot of these breakdowns. Shawn Smeallie politics