Steve and Cindy Stewart, who own and operate Hunterton Farm, the largest Standardbred farm in Kentucky, have announced they are joining the Water Hay Oats Alliance.
“We spend virtually every waking hour on the farm making sure the mares and foals we raise are as healthy as they can be,” the Stewarts said in a statement in support of WHOA, a grassroots movement seeking the passage of federal legislation to prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport of horse racing. “And we want them to stay healthy, happy, and successful for the rest of their lives, on and off the track. Over the decades of working toward that goal, we've come to believe that horse racing needs fewer drugs, period. We applaud the efforts of WHOA to stop the administration of race-day drugs and hope its well-meaning efforts spread more quickly to the Standardbred industry, which has suffered long enough from suspicions that not every race is run on the level.”
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