BC to phase out raceday meds; No Lasix for '12 Juvenile events

[Alan07]

As part of its efforts to bring the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in line with other major global racing events, Breeders’ Cup Limited moved today to develop protocols to eliminate race-day medications in its Championships over the next two years, Breeders’ Cup announced today.

The measure, adopted at today’s Board of Directors meeting, would be directed at prohibiting the race day administration of any medication to horses competing in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It was strongly supported by the Breeders’ Cup Members during their annual meeting on July 13. As an initial step, the Breeders’ Cup board directed that procedures be developed that would result in the prohibition of the administration of race day medication in two year-old races in the 2012 Championships. The next step would be the implementation of a new policy for all Championship races in the 2013 event and subsequent events.

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