Salix. Photo: Anne M Eberhardt

American Graded Stakes Cmte restates desire to phase out Salix

TOM LaMARRA writing for The Horse reports:

Salix. Photo: Anne M Eberhardt
Salix. Photo: Anne M Eberhardt

In advance of an expected vote by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) June 13, the American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC) reaffirmed its desire to ban all race-day medication in graded stakes for 2-year-olds.

The KHRC already has prepared a draft regulation that will be discussed and most likely voted upon. It calls for a three-year phase-out of race-day furosemide, also called Salix or Lasix, in graded and listed stakes from 2013-15. Furosemide is used to try to prevent or lessen the effects of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.

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