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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
California
http://www.toconline.com/ownership/race-day.php
The only other kind of medication permitted in a horse´s bloodstream on race day is a small quantity of one of four "legal" anti-inflammatories - usually phenylbutazone, or "bute" - which will be indicated in The Racing Form with a capital "B" in the horse´s running lines (though all the anti-inflammatories are indicated with a "B"). Some trainers, in addition, will have the horse stand in a foreleg ice-bath for up to 90 minutes to relieve any nagging discomfort that might distract it from running its best race.
New York
http://www.racing.state.ny.us/horsedrugs.pdf
Either one, but no more than one, of the following two
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be
administered by intravenous injection until 24 hours
before the scheduled post time of the race in which the
horse is scheduled to compete: flunixin, or
phenylbutazone.
New York is allowed up until 24 hours before, California is allowed in the horses system on race day. |
Trust me, it's the same in both states when it comes to bute. Call the racing office if you don't believe me. In New York when they give a horse bute 24 hours before the race, it is still in their system for the race. In California, you are not allowed to give a horse any medication on race day with the exception of lasix. In California, bute has to be given the day before the race just like in New York.