I'm a newbie, done three 25's and my first
50 was last weekend. My question is,
How do I find out the legal vs illegal drugs
that I can use on my horse? Someone told me that yucca will show up if
my horse is drug tested. Also what about absorbine? I was told that it
would test, too.
AERC has been very bad about addressing
this. Anything other than food and water is considered a drug.
There are NO legal drugs. There are no published clearance times if
your horse had to be medicated and then much later compete. As lab
tests become much more sensitive, minute amounts of drugs may still test
positive. I don't know enough equine pharmacology to make those kind
of decisions. I want to be legal, I believe in No Drugs rule, but I
want guidance, too. To answer your question; yes, absorbine and yucca will
both test as an illegal substance!
Search the archives for previous discussions
about this. Cheryl Newbanks received an old, abbreviated AERC drug
list that is by no means all inclusive. I will send this to you
separately so as not to bring the endurance list to its knees.. I hope
that it helps. If anyone else is interested enough to have read this
far down the message, I'll be happy to send you a copy as well - just let me
know.
Linda Flemmer