LM and Preachin' in the Classic

[Rupert Pupkin]

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.