No Steroids or Medications for Casino Drive

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

It can be in the horse's system on race day at certain levels. But the administration has to be no later than 24 hrs prior to post time. It cannot be given race-day.

The difference in denotation may simply be that in CA the trainer is obligated to announce the administration of the drug to the state veterinarian (for the purposes of post-race testing). In the event that a trainer fails to report it, and the horse gets tested, and is found to have acceptable levels of Bute in its system, the trainer is subject to being fined even though the horse was given Bute by the rules.

Yes, I got that. I was referring to treatment/administration.

As far as your second paragraph, when you said "may simply" -- I don't know about that. Like I said, I don't race in CA, but Chuck might be able to answer the question, or someone who plays and knows CA racing intimately. If not, I can easily call a trainer friend of mine. He's been bugging me to claim one out there, LOL.

I wish I remembered who/where someone told me CA is race-day bute (meaning treatment/administration). If it's just reporting, and it's still X hours/days out, OK.

Eric