No drugs (anesthetics or sedatives) may be used to mask lameness or influence performance for filming. Horse (Equine) and Livestock Guidelines for Filmed Media
Meanwhile, "true crime" podcasts have discovered horse-related insanity. Episodes about the "Shergar kidnapping" (the Irish Derby winner abducted by the IRA, never found) or the "Bluegrass Conspiracy" (racehorses used to smuggle cocaine) are streaming gold. These stories treat horses not as living beings but as plot devices—suffering, dying, disappearing for our narrative pleasure. No drugs (anesthetics or sedatives) may be used
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