A more major, significant mention within the story: something that will definitively affect how individual horses at this level perform in races, if they are vet scratched or able to run in a particular race, and the wagering/handicapping of the horses at these venues:
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The Minnesota Racing Commission routinely adopts the model rules proposed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, which in October 2010 reduced the allowable level of phenylbutazone (or Bute) on race day to 2 micrograms/ml from 5 mcg/ml.
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