I talked with a jealous trainer yesterday who exclaimed that Burke has a shot that he only has to give once a month and that it makes the horse feel really good and masks his pain for thirty days. If such a drug exists, I sure would like to get my hands on it. I would use it on myself the hell with the horses.
Did you ask this trainer the name of that drug? My bet is he couldn't name it. This stuff is always some mysterious magic dust, that makes reindeer fly, and such.