Yes, I’m afraid it’s true: a successful horseracing jockey (perhaps the biggest name in the world for a diminutive jockey) has been suspended for 6 months after a positive dope test. So that’s why they call dope “horse”: I always wondered why that was. But apparently it is suspected to be cocaine, not dope, the jockey did, begging the question: “Why call it a ‘dope test’ if you’re testing for stimulants? Is it to trick test subjects into thinking stimulant drugs are not on the test so they can catch them more easily?” (Maybe they can claim the teacher said it wouldn’t be on the test.)
But I have a question: Why drug test a jockey? He doesn’t run the race; he just sits on the horse that does. And especially if they’re on cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine, won’t this just give the clean riders an extra advantage when the drug-addled, jonesing jockey makes his horse break off the race and take him downtown to “score” more drugs? (And that’s why they call it “horse”: because jockeys always ride a racehorse to go “score” some.)
Here’s the dopey story:
