New York State steward Carmine Donofrio was not available for comment May 25, and calls to the stewards at Belmont Park were not returned.
One concern Chiapetta said he knows has been raised about the nasal strips has been the potential for a strip, listed as equipment in a program, to fall off in the paddock or at the gate in wet weather. The horse would then have to be scratched.
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