Canadian regulators amend clenbuterol stand-down period

RYAN DICKEY, reporting for Horse Racing Nation writes: The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency has changed rules regarding the administration of clenbuterol in race horses, according to a tweet from Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson. Lawson stated the CPMA "announced the guidance for clenbuterol use has been extended from seven days to 28 days. The new testing will…

Veteran trainer Casse urges horse-racing industry to ban use of Clenbuterol

DAN RALPH, writing for the Canadian Press reports: MARK CASSE wants the drug Clenbuterol out of horse racing. Casse, who's been named Canada's top thoroughbred trainer an unprecedented 11 times, called for the drug's use to be stopped in an op/ed piece Monday in the Thoroughbred Daily News. "It's a problem, absolutely," Casse said candidly…