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Tragic circumstance...a suspected drug overdose.
It is widely known that jockeys use some narcotics (cocaine) to subdue their appetite and hence keep their weight down.
It is a practice that, in my view, is not monitored enough and certainly doesn't carry a harsh penalty in comparison to any other sport.

Weights are too low!
Raise the minimum weights to a level where jockeys are not putting their lives in danger to make ridiculous weights.
WFA is a joke...there are only a handful of jockeys in the world who can ride a 3yo at WFA. Most of them probably women.
Glen Boss looked like a skeleton on SYT last year in the cox plate...clearly unhealthy at a weight he would not usually ride.

It would be a tragic, tragic circumstance that a jockey has lost his life in the belief that drugs are needed for him to maintain a weight and keep his career.

Sad news, but why would he be taking drugs this week of all weeks.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/jockey-stathi-katsidis-found-dead/story-e6frf9if-1225940580239

Who knows. Maybe felt pressure of the upcoming ride. Has a history of it and perhaps unfortunately turned to it to escape the pressure.

Whatever the reason it doesn't matter. It is just a tragic waste of a talented life.

Condolences to family and friends of Stathi.

Terrible news indeed....FF cocaine is not a narcotic....and none of us knows what has happened until the poor buggers
blood tested etc etc. He may have had heart attack after using something stimulatory, he may have used something on the slower side...
whatever has happened a great waste and unfortunate event. Vale Stathi.

Shocking News to be confronted with when coming to this site, absolute tragedy for his wife and young children, they are who I feel the most sorry for.

He is an Adult, and new the risks, but it is his family that will have to live with this terrible news 

R.I.P Stathi

final furlong...truer words never been spoken in relation to weights............when the full story comes out we will be more informed....vale sk

narcotics n. 1) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. Among these "controlled substances" are heroin, cocaine, L.S.D., opium, methamphetamine ("speed"), angel dust, hashish, and numereous chemically-designed hallucinagenics, as well as drugs with a legitimate medical use such as morphine. Dealing in any of these narcotics is a felony (subject to a prison term) under both state and federal laws, although mere use may be a misdemeanor. Marijuana is also an illicit narcotic, but possession of small amounts for personal use is a misdemeanor in most states

legal-dictionary.com

Not the place to be debating what constitutes a narcotic guys, sure you understand   

Condolences to his family and friends - very sad.

This article was penned by Stathi himself only last week.

http://horseracingonly.com.au/racing-blogs.aspx



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Very sad news with the passing of Stathi Katsidis last night,found this morning by his partner but couldn't be revived his grandad is devastated.

 :rip:So sad his grandad who worshiped him is devastated,his partner and child will also be torn apart as will John Wallace who really supported Stathi.

So incredibly mind numbingly sad.