Kentucky Adopts New Test Rules

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http://www.drf.com/news/article/109277.html

"The Kentucky Racing Commission adopted new regulations Tuesday that will drop a requirement to test all race winners for illegal drugs in favor of a new policy that focuses on horses whose performances are suspicious.

Under the new regulations, all winners will be sent to the test barn for the collection of blood and urine samples, along with at least one other horse in the race selected by the three stewards. However, if the winner is among the race's favorites and performed according to its recent past performances, its post-race sample will only be tested 50 percent of the time, while the samples from the horse or horses selected by the stewards will always be tested."


I wish they would have tested Holy Bull after his suspicious and off-form performance in the 1994 Derby. I remember observers that year mentioning how lethargic he looked before the race.