What are Louisiana regulators thinking? Bowing to a horseman’s group and veterinarians who think that horses should race on more drugs, the Louisiana State Racing Commission has just decided that there is an “emergency” in the state that requires them to make horses less safe than they were. The state is reducing withdrawal times for several medications, including clenbuterol, which as of June 8 may be administered to horses 72 hours before they race. Let us speak plainly here: The move is a big F-you to federal racing regulators and countless other racing officials (and track owners and operators) who have fought for decades to try to make the sport safer for its horses.
US State Eases Drug Rules
