The Jockey Club officially released its "Reformed Racing Medication Rules" March 30, but broad adoption of the policies hinges on action by regulators in all racing jurisdictions.

Work on the document began last year and was outlined at The Jockey Club Round Table conference in August. A draft included parameters for administration of race-day furosemide, commonly called Salix or Lasix, but that language was stripped from the final document.

The methodology for the proposed revised regulations was outlined in the March 31 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine.

"We have been refining this document since then and the result is a dramatically streamlined set of regulations that is on par with international standards," said Jockey Club president and chief operating officer James Gagliano. "It creates a new enforcement scheme with far stiffer penalties and deterrents for repeat offenders