NY trainer suspended/fined

[saratogadew]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Class 1 Stimulant and depressant drugs that have the highest potential to affect performance and that have no generally accepted medical use in the racing horse. Many of these agents are Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) schedule II substances. These include the following drugs and their metabolites: Opiates, opium derivatives, synthetic opioids and psychoactive drugs, amphetamines and amphetamine-like drugs as well as related drugs, including but not limited to apomorphine, nikethamide, mazindol, pemoline, and pentylenetetrazol. Though not used as therapeutic agents, all DEA Schedule 1 agents are included in Class 1 because they are potent stimulant or depressant substances with psychotropic and often habituative actions.

Class 2 Drugs that have a high potential to affect performance, but less of a potential than drugs in Class 1. These drugs are 1) not generally accepted as therapeutic agents in racing horses, or 2) they are therapeutic agents that have a high potential for abuse. Drugs in this class include: psychotropic drugs, certain nervous system and cardiovascular system stimulants, depressants, and neuromuscular blocking agents. Injectable local anesthetics are included in this class because of their high potential for abuse as nerve blocking agents.

Class 3 Drugs that may or may not have generally accepted medical use in the racing horse, but the pharmacology of which suggests less potential to affect performance than drugs in Class 2. Drugs in this class include bronchodilators, anabolic steroids and other drugs with primary effects on the autonomic nervous system, procaine, antihistamines with sedative properties and the high-ceiling diuretics.

Class 4 This class includes therapeutic medications that would be expected to have less potential to affect performance than those in Class 3. Drugs in this class includes less potent diuretics; corticosteroids; antihistamines and skeletal muscle relaxants without prominent central nervous system (CNS) effects; expectorants and mucolytics; hemostatics; cardiac glycosides and anti-arrhythmics; topical anesthetics; antidiarrheals and mild analgesics. This class also includes the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), at concentrations greater than established limits.

Class 5 This class includes those therapeutic medications for which concentration limits have been established by the racing jurisdictions as well as certain miscellaneous agents and other medications as determined by the regulatory bodies. Included specifically are agents that have very localized actions only, such as anti-ulcer drugs, and certain anti-allergic drugs. The anticoagulant drugs are also included.

Thanks for posting this. My understanding of drug/medications has always been a weak spot for me. This adds some clarity.

[jnunan4759]

I haven't even heard of Darvon for about 40 years. It used to be the only pain-killer available by perscription back then short of opium or morphine. It was rough on the stomach and is definitely a narcotic. It was replaced by codied and then derivatives, which are used today.

I didn't know they even still made it.

It has no usage in horses. If a horse has injuries and/or pain, there are better things a vet can administer and you don't train or race. You work to fix the problem and get the horse back healthy.

I'm thinking he maybe thought that this drug is so old they don't test for it anymore. It's something you'd find in your grandmother's medicine cabinet.

[Gaelic Storm]

Isn't the trainer related to Jeffrey Cannizzo the Executive Director of the NY Thoroughbred Breeders Inc? When there is a positive is there ever any investigation into what happened or how it happened? I think Cannizzo said he thinks there was something that got into his barn at Saratoga because the horses stalls were next to each other. That kind of excuse seems to be used a lot. I remember someone saying they got a positive from using a certain bug spray.

[ADJMK]

Jail time instead of the usual slap on the wrist. This may have the "juicers" re-thinking their strategy.



http://www.pahomepage.com/story/d/st...BEaBRZ_aWLzBog

[Kasept]

Ostrager moves horses..
http://www.drf.com/news/ostrager-cut...-drug-positive

Embarrassed by the fact one of his horses tested positive for a banned substance, owner-breeder Barry Ostrager has terminated his relationship with trainer David Cannizzo.

[jnunan4759]

I can't remember how many trainers I've talked to over the years but I will always remember Allen Jerkens who told me "If you keep them happy and healthy they will do their best for you". Most good trainers have told me similar stuff.