No Salix in Graded Stakes for 2YOs in 2012
 

Oh here we go...

No Salix in Graded Stakes for 2YOs in 2012


The American Graded Stakes Committee said Aug. 10 it will employ a pilot program that will ban race-day medications—primarily the anti-bleeding drug Salix—in graded 2-year-old stakes in 2012.

The policy will be evaluated at the end of next year, when a decision will be made whether to continue it or expand it to other graded stakes. The committee falls under the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...#ixzz1UfDgbyId

Should make for some very filled overnights.

The racing industry determined attack on nothing of importance continues.

Why worry if things outside the sport of horse racing will continue its decline when those within the sport seem determined to kill the game themselves?

The knee jerk reactions in this sport are like no other business I have ever seen.