Tait resigns from Breeders Cup Board over Lasix

Cross-posted from Bloodhorse.com WRITTEN BY BLOOD-HORSE STAFF Oliver Tait, Darley's chief operating officer, has resigned from the board of the Breeders' Cup because of the organization's medication policy. "The Breeders' Cup has reversed its previously agreed and stated position that the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Championships will be conducted without Lasix," said Tait in a…

Salix ban will extend to 2YO Listed Stakes

ERIC MITCHELL writing for The Blood-Horse reports: Beginning this year, the American Graded Stakes Committee will evaluate and rate the quality of listed stakes. The new rating system would also extend to listed stakes for 2-year-olds the ban on race-day Salix use that will be applied to graded stakes for 2-year-olds when the program is…

Notable Thoroughbred owners pledge to forego raceday medication for 2 year olds

Wow, at least some good news to report regarding US horse racing. How uplifting. Blood-Horse Staff report: Some of Thoroughbred racing's most notable owners--including Roy and Gretchen Jackson, Josephine Abercrombie, Bill Casner, Robert Clay, William S. Farish, Barry Irwin and Team Valor International, Darley and Shadwell Stables, and Frank Stronach--are among individuals who have pledged…