NSAIDs and Competition: The Rules are Changing
Edited Press Release
November 28, 2011
Effective Dec. 1, individuals competing in USEF-sanctioned events must be aware of new rules on NSAID useage.
Effective Dec. 1, individuals competing in USEF-sanctioned events must be aware of new rules on NSAID useage.
A University of Kentucky-led study aims to assess the number of horses in the state and their economic impact.
The meeting began with several presentations on furosemide and EIPH, the condition the medication treats.
Like many of our own ancestors, horses had no choice when they were called upon to serve in the World Wars.
The Race Day Medication Committee is debating whether therapeutic medications such as Salix should be banned.
NSAID administration, the use of flunixin, and anabolic steroid classification are among the noted changes.
Three wild horse advocacy groups have joined a case surrounding mustangs that have strayed onto private lands.
The pair are facing charges in connection with the death of a wild horse at the Assateague National Seashore.
Recommended changes include raising the minimum equine age allowed to run and expanded veterinary inspections.
Prominent Thoroughbred owner George Strawbridge Jr. said racing can only grow by eliminating medications.
Jason Meduna, who was convicted on multiple felony animal cruelty counts, has been granted parole.
Equine welfare advocates rallied Oct. 25 against a plan to remove stray horses from a Northern Nevada range.
The money will help develop detection methods for and study the effects of ITPP, a performance enhancing drug.
A Thoroughbred horse was discovered butchered alongside a road in northwest Miami-Dade County, Fla., Oct. 20.
Paul Blackburn has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he conspired to violate the Horse Protection Act.
Stray horses from a private range in Northern Nevada likely will be relocated to a correctional facility.
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