Jockey Club Urging Potential Salix Study

The Jockey Club has called on leading industry organizations to come together to conduct a study that would examine the timing of administration of Salix, the medication used to prevent or lessen the effects of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.
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The Jockey Club has called on leading industry organizations to come together to conduct a study that would examine the timing of administration of furosemide (known as Salix or Lasix), the medication used to prevent or lessen the effects of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH).

At the June 17 meeting of the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council (KEDRC), member A. Gary Lavin, DVM, suggested a study examining the efficacy of Salix at varied administration times. Currently Salix is the only race-day medication allowed in U.S. racing and it typically is administered four hours before competition.

The KEDRC advises the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on medication policies and awards money for funding of medication studies.

Jockey Club executive director Matt Iuliano attended the meeting to offer support of the study and called on industry leaders to come together to fund and shape it. A veterinarian, Lavin represents breeders on the KEDRC and is a Jockey Club member

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Frank Angst is a staff writer for The Blood-Horse magazine. An American Horse Publications three-time winner in best news story category, Angst has covered horse racing for more than a decade. Angst spent ten years at Thoroughbred Times, where he earned awards as that magazine’s senior writer and helped launch Thoroughbred Times TODAY. Besides covering horse racing, Angst enjoys handicapping. Angst has written about sports for more than 20 years, including several seasons covering a nationally ranked Marshall Thundering Herd football team.

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