Jockey Club’s Revised Drug Rules Have Salix Provision

The Jockey Club has added a provision governing regulatory administration of furosemide on race day.
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In a change designed to win support of its Reformed Racing Medication Rules, The Jockey Club has added a provision governing regulatory administration of furosemide on race day as jurisdictions consider phasing out use of the medication.

Rules for regulatory or third-party administration of the anti-bleeding drug also called Salix or Lasix were originally included in a draft of the Reformed Racing Medication Rules. When the document was unveiled this spring, the provision was removed, effectively banning Salix administration on race day.

Only Kentucky has taken regulatory action to phase out Salix, but only in graded or listed stakes beginning in 2014. New York is considering a phase out, and West Virginia is planning a fact-finding meeting on the issue.

The Jockey Club still supports phased elimination of Salix for all races in the United States. The organization didn’t discuss the document change during the Aug. 12 Round Table conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., but the Reformed Racing Medication Rules do acknowledge the need for a transitional period

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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