KHRC: Lasix phase-out approved

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The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, by a 7-5 vote with one abstention June 13, approved an administrative regulation that would ban the use of furosemide on race-day in graded and listed stakes over a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70530/ky-commission-approves-race-day-salix-ban#ixzz1xhoyhyLg

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A quick look at the regulation shows this may effect graded and listed stakes for older horses as early as mid-2015.

Effective January 1, 2015 and thereafter, furosemide shall not be administered less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to post time for the race in which the horse is entered to any horse of the 2012 and 2013 foal crops that is entered in any graded or listed stakes race or to any other horse of any age that is entered to compete in a graded or listed stakes race against a horse of the 2012 or 2013 foal crops;
The presence of a horse who cannot receive lasix means nobody in the race can get it.

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Rave reviews pouring in from around the globe:

Louis Romanet, chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, said the KHRC “made the right decision.”
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"This is a progressive and internationally welcomed move by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, and one which the Hong Kong Jockey Club fully supports and applauds,” HKJC chief executive officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said.

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70554/foreign-organizations-back-ky-salix-phase-out (http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70554/foreign-organizations-back-ky-salix-phase-out#ixzz1xmVw0gnA)

[macguy]

So what's everyone going to be giving their horses instead? :rolleyes:

[peislander]

One small step for horses, one giant leap for horse racing.

[MaTH716]

Rave reviews pouring in from around the globe:


Louis Romanet, chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, said the KHRC “made the right decision.”

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"This is a progressive and internationally welcomed move by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, and one which the Hong Kong Jockey Club fully supports and applauds,” HKJC chief executive officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said.

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70554/foreign-organizations-back-ky-salix-phase-out (http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70554/foreign-organizations-back-ky-salix-phase-out#ixzz1xmVw0gnA)




It's nice that the HKJC is on board with the plan, I hope that they are prepared to ship horses in when everyone else is shipping out.

[lamboguy]

get rid of clenbeuterol and you have your game back