It\u2019s quite clear: American horseracing is addicted to drugs, and it\u2019s time for an intervention,\u201d said Marty Irby, executive director for Animal Wellness Action and a supporter of the bill, in a statement to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cCongress must soon pass the Horseracing Integrity Act that will stop medication abuse and prevent deaths, or horseracing may very well go the way of the greyhound racing in Arkansas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRacing charts show that Taraz, like every horse she faced in her three career starts, raced on Lasix. Proponents of the drug say helps horses from experiencing pulmonary bleeding after races, and refute claims that the drug can mask injuries.<\/p>\n
It is not known whether Taraz had any drugs in her system at the time of the incident Monday or even if they might have played a role in the filly’s injury.<\/p>\n
Tracks Already Enacting Lasix Bans<\/h2>\n
Several racetrack owners, including Santa Anita owner The Stronach Group, the New York Racing Association, and Churchill Downs Inc., have already taken action to ban race-day Lasix applications for all 2-year-olds starting this year. It would put the US on par with most other racing markets around the world that ban the use of the drug on race days.<\/p>\n
Next year, that ban would also apply to all horses running in graded stakes races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a sport that had more than its fair share of tragedies in the past 14 months, horse racing suffered yet another one on Monday when Taraz, a promising 3-year-old filly, was put down at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. According to Bloodhorse.com, the young horse suffered a severe fracture in her front left lower leg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":127282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
High-Profile Filly Taraz Suffers Fatal Injury During Workout at Oaklawn<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n