Hello Hot Rod sells, a Force the Pass filly, and the Breeders’ Cup takes aim at Lasix, in the week in social media.
The Maryland Racing Commission Thursday modified its Lasix rule to avoid penalizing horses racing out of town and tightened its clenbuterol regs.
In today’s “10 stories that mattered,” 2020 began with two dozen indictments for horse doping and ended with new anti-doping legislation. Progress?
The sprawling Covid-19 relief and government spending bill passed by Congress Monday includes the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.
The Maryland Racing Commission today gave its final thumbs-up to a regulation banning the use of Lasix by horses in graded stakes.
The Stronach Group and other stakeholders will fund a study to determine whether Lasix reduces bleeding in two-year-olds and if it affects performance.
The federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell handles raceday Lasix in a complicated fashion likely to end in a ban.
Laurel Park’s first Lasix-free juvenile race of 2020, a maiden event, has drawn a full gate of 10 on Friday’s card.
Chester Thomas, owner of 2019 Kentucky Derby runner By My Standards, says racing has problems, but the use of Lasix isn’t one of them.
Any proposal to ban or limit Lasix use would need a regulatory change – and its say-so, the Maryland Racing Commission said.