Reply #5: Summit Digs Into Salix Use, Regulation [View All]

From Bloodhorse.com: Anyone hoping to learn the intricacies of Salix use, research, and regulation at the June 13 International Summit on Race Day Medication, EIPH and the Racehorse held at Belmont Park didn’t walk away disappointed.

Three Thoroughbred industry organizations put the summit together in response to federal bills filed the week of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico and U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky calling for a ban on all performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing and proposing a three-strikes-and-you’re-out-penalty system. Those organizations were the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium.

More than 100 people representing nine countries on six continents attended the conference.

Alex Waldrop, president and chief executive officer of the NTRA, said at the beginning of the summit anyone hoping to hear a debate might be disappointed.

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