FEI Issues Decision in Endurance Prohibited Substance Cases

The federation also announced a new prohibited substance case involving another endurance horse and rider.
Share
Favorite
Close

No account yet? Register

ADVERTISEMENT

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has issued its final decisions on prohibited substances cases involving seven endurance athletes, three trainers, and nine horses from three different stables competing in events in Abu Dhabi and Dubai between Nov. 26, 2016, and Jan. 14, 2017.

The FEI imposed provisional suspensions in January following positive findings in eight of the horses for the controlled medications caffeine (a stimulant), theobromine (a vasodilator), theophylline (a bronchodilator), and paraxanthine (which, at the time of the finding, was a banned substance), with the ninth sample also containing flumetasone (a corticosteroid).

Since the proceedings were opened, the FEI Equine Prohibited List has been amended in order to downgrade paraxanthine (caffeine’s main metabolite) to a controlled medication before it was further reclassified as a specified substance, effective Jan. 1, 2018. The FEI said specified substances should not in any way be considered less important or less dangerous than other prohibited substances; rather, they are substances which are more likely to have been ingested by horses for a purpose other than the enhancement of sport performance, for example, through a contaminated food substance. In the case of a positive for a specified substance, provisional suspensions are not automatic.

The Tribunal has therefore agreed to the lift the provisional suspensions further to a request from the FEI given paraxanthine’s reclassification

Create a free account with TheHorse.com to view this content.

TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com.

Start your free account today!

Already have an account?
and continue reading.

Share

Written by:

Related Articles

Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with

FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com

Sponsored Content

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

How much time do you usually spend grooming your horse?
433 votes · 433 answers

Readers’ Most Popular

Sign In

Don’t have an account? Register for a FREE account here.

Need to update your account?

You need to be logged in to fill out this form

Create a free account with TheHorse.com!