[RC] I poked the stick in the hornet nest (drug rule) - Kristen A Fisher
Terry
- I would love to believe it's that simple. However, "clear of the horse's
system" is COMPLETELY ambiguous. 72-96 hours are suggested, but may or may not
be accurate for a specific horse/dosage.
Again
I cite the AAEP presenter who used the example "2
molecules of phenylbutazone (Bute) are a zeptogram (parts per sextillion) and a
3-gram dose of Bute generates more molecules than there are stars in the known
universe. With a half-life (the time required for half the amount to be
eliminated by natural processes) of 7.2 hours, it takes 21 days to eliminate all
these molecules from the body following a single Bute injection....Bute retains
a therapeutic effect for only a day, although detectable traces remain in the
blood for almost three weeks."
So
the drug is not effective after 1 day, but is detectable for 21 +/- days.
Assuming any prohibited substance clears the horse's system in 96 hours is
simply wishful thinking. THAT is the problem - and to quote you, zero tolerance
for breaking the rules.
Kristen
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hornet nest (drug rule)
However, you can feed your horse anything you want before a
competition ~ as long as it is not competing under the influence of that
substance on race day! You can feed Triple Crown, or rice bran or oats or
anything you want as part of the normal diet. It is only on race day that the
criteria levels matter.
Perhaps another example would make this
more clear: Gastrogaurd is an ulcer medicine that would be illegal to use
on race day. But you can give your horse medications (for anything) as long as
it is not competing under the influence of the medication/drug. That would
mean that you would need to be finished with it or suspend usage soon enough
for horse's system to be clear of it on competition day. In most cases
that is 72 hours, but I add another 24 hrs. and go with 96 hours.
