Team captain blames injections for polo pony deaths

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WELLINGTON, FL -- The top player of Lechuza Caracas told an Argentine newspaper that the team's 21 horses were likely killed by a vitamin commonly given to the horses before polo matches -- a vitamin mixture the U.S. Federal Drug Administration says is not used in the United States.

"Having it in your pocket and carrying it around is interstate commerce, makes it illegal," said Siobhan DeLancey, spokeswoman for the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Top Lechuza player Juan Martín Nero told the newspaper La Nacion that the horses were commonly given a vitamin called Biodyl that the team administered not for performance enhancement, but to help the horses recover from the wear and tear of a polo match.

"We have no doubt about the origin of the problem," Juan Martín Nero told the newspaper. "There were five horses that were not given the vitamin and they're the only ones that are fine."

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