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I think sports are bad for everyone.

“. . . Did the batteries take?” It was an old trick. To win the race, Tempting Dash would be shocked with volts of electricity from a handheld device. The maneuver used by jockeys, called “buzzing,” had been outlawed on US. tracks. But during a train-
ing session they had used it on Tempting Dash to see the colt’s reaction and whether the shock resulted in that extra surge of speed needed to win.

“It’s done,” Villarreal said, meaning the experiment had worked.