Kentucky set to ban Lasix on key racedays

The biggest racing patch inward the US of America is on the verge of banning the anti-bleeding drug, furosemide, inward cardinal races.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted 7-5 inward favour of the measure, which must similar a shot move approved past times patch lawmakers to accept effect.

It is the get-go patch inward the US to ban the raceday role of the drug, marketed nether the names Lasix as well as Salix.

The drug reduces the jeopardy of haemorrhage inward the lungs inward horses during physical exertion. However, animals given the drug shed a large sum of H2O as well as tin race upward to 25 pounds lighter.

Supporters of the proposed ban rank the motility volition better the picture of racing, simply opponents fearfulness for the welfare of racehorses, predicting to a greater extent than volition delineate upward amongst blood coming from their noses.

The proposed rule phases inward the race-day ban inward graded or listed stakes races, starting amongst 2-year-old horses inward 2014.

While graded or listed stakes races contain solely a fraction of all Kentucky races, they exercise offering greater prize money.

Kentucky’s racing committee had considered a ban on the raceday role of the drug inward all races, simply that proposed was lost inward a 7-7 vote inward April.

The chairman of the Asian Racing Federation, Dr Koji Sato, welcomed the Kentucky move.

Sato said that the profile of Kentucky inside US racing is such that the conclusion past times the Kentucky Racing Commission volition hopefully encourage other states to follow its example.

“In improver to existence a keen stride frontwards for Kentucky itself this evolution carries the prospect of having wider influence inward promoting drug-free racing inward North America.

“Kentucky plays such a prominent business office inside US racing as well as breeding that I am hopeful that other states volition follow the instance which has similar a shot been gear upward past times the Kentucky Racing Commission.

“It is the Asian Racing Federation’s strongly-held belief that drug-free racing is essential.

“Ensuring the welfare of our horses, achieving a flat playing plain for competitors, keeping the trust as well as confidence of the public, protecting horses as well as jockeys from injury, promoting the push clitoris as well as soundness of the breed – these are all really powerful considerations as well as they all betoken inward the i direction, namely that horses must race costless from the influence of medication.”

 

 

 

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