Group of American trainers back race-day medication ban
A grouping of North American racehorse trainers is proposing the gradual elimination of race-day medications inward the United States.
The innovation would convey to an destination the mutual do of treating horses amongst the diuretic Lasix (furosemide) on race-day.
Under the proposal, no two-year-olds would have race-day medication kickoff inward 2015, in addition to no horses of whatsoever historic menstruum would have race-day medication starting inward 2016.
The grouping supports the Racing Medication in addition to Testing Consortium’s efforts to approve model rules for 26 controlled medications past times the board of directors of Racing Commissioners International.
“We believe it’s fourth dimension to accept a proactive order regarding the direction of race twenty-four hr menstruum medication,” said D. Wayne Lukas, a Hall of Famer who is i of the trainers supporting the race-day ban.
“American racing has ever been a global leader, in addition to it’s fourth dimension to restore confidence inward our game in addition to inward our international standing.”
The trainers are Thomas Albertrani, Roger Attfield, Christophe Clement, Jose Corrales, David Donk, Neil D. Drysdale, Jeremiah C. Englehart, Eoin Harty, Neil Howard, Michael E. Hushion, D. Wayne Lukas, Richard E. Mandella, Claude R. McGaughey III, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, Kenneth G. McPeek, H. Graham Motion, William I. Mott, Todd A. Pletcher, Kathy Ritvo, Jonathan E. Sheppard, Albert M. Stall, Jr, Dallas Stewart, Barclay Tagg, William Van Meter, in addition to George Weaver.
The trainers have got the backing of Breeders’ Cup chairman Bill Farish in addition to Breeders’ Cup president in addition to master copy executive Craig Fravel. The duet issued a tilt on behalf of the board of directors of Breeders’ Cup Ltd applauding their stand.
“The Breeders’ Cup has long advocated for policies that would convey the US inward trouble amongst other major international racing jurisdictions in addition to nosotros fully back upwards this grouping of prominent trainers,” the tilt said.
“We believe a wide coalition of tracks in addition to owners every bit good portion this persuasion in addition to nosotros are committed to supply support, fiscal in addition to otherwise, to an endeavour to implement on a national footing phasing out raceday medications.”
They said they looked frontwards to participating inward this inaugural to do a workable innovation amongst others inward the industry.
The senior vice-president of the creature advocacy grouping PETA, Kathy Guillermo, praised the trainers’ proposal, in addition to singled out the role of Lasix on race-day.
The drug is a diuretic that is used to lessen the effects of pulmonary bleeding, only was oftentimes used to attain an payoff rather than for valid medical reasons because it made horses lighter in addition to faster, Guillermo said.
“We urge the trainers who dorsum this proposal, including Todd Pletcher, Bill Mott, in addition to D. Wayne Lukas, to plough the proposal into activity past times existence the first off to dump Lasix inward the trash can, where it belongs.”
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