The chairman of the Kentucky Racing Commission has advocated a Salix-only policy on race day in the state, and said he would schedule meetings around the state to get feedback. Currently, five medications are permitted on race day in Kentucky.

Frank Shoop, during the commission’s Oct. 2 meeting near Lexington, said he wants Kentucky to fall in line with recommendations by the national Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, which intends to circulate a Salix-only policy to regulators in December in Tucson, Ariz. Salix is the anti-bleeder medication formerly known as Lasix

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