http://www.drf.com/blogs/europe-decl...merican-racing
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April 1, 2011. In a move calculated to send shockwaves through the American racing industry, European horsemen met in Brussels on Friday to announce a boycott of American racing, one that will prevent all European-trained horses form running in the United States from this day forward.
The burning issue is America's lenient raceday medication rules. In Europe, raceday medication is not allowed.
"We will not permit our horses to compete in America until all raceday medication in the United States is completely banned," said Roy de Belgique, the president of the Federation of Intra-European Breeders (FIB), who also serves as the Sports Minister for the European Union. "It is time to draw a line in the sand," he said firmly, "and drawing it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is as good a place as any."
http://www.drf.com/blogs/europe-decl...merican-racing