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CPMA to test Carmoterol this spring

You hear an article by Canadian Thororbred.com. CPMA to test Carmoterol this spring of: Jennifer Morrison | .

The American Quarter Horse Racing World has been shaken in the past few weeks by uncovering an illegal drug. Carmoterol, In the case of post-race tests of around 12 horses who took part in the All American Racing Day in Ruidoso Downs in Albequerque, Novel Mexico in September. Two prominent coaches, Toby Keeton and Heath Taylor, were suspended indefinitely, and 12 horses, including the Hisgothelook Z, the winner of the 3 million US dollar All American Futurity, were excluded from the wallet.

Canada's Pari Mutuel Betting Supervisory Authority, the Canadian Pari Mutuel Agency (CPMA), tests the horses before and/or after racing through the drug control program, expects to test the 2025 season, which begins until April 2, on Carmoterol.

“The CPMA has brought in with one of the US laboratories that are involved in the tests in Carmoterol, and there is a methodology exchange,” said an e -mail to Canadian thoroughbred.

Carmoterol is a beta agonist who was Experimentally tested as a bronchodilator 2010 But ultimately not approved for human operate in the United States.

A beta agonist such as Clenbuterol (a beta-2 agonist) are bronchodilators that are sometimes used in race horses to treat breathing problems. However, they also have a steroid effect that changes the muscle mass of a horse, and this is illegal in horse racing. Clenbuterol was banned in 2015 in Horse Racing. It is still a permissible treatment in the full blood race, but has a 28-day elimination directive.

Another bronchodilator, salbutamol or Albuterol is a short-term medication with a 24-hour retreat guideline.

The CPMA said in its e -mail: “A reference standard of the substance was bought, and the CPMA test laboratory in Ottawa is to include Carmoterol in the list of banned substances for the samples.

“The CPMA expects that the Carmoterol test will be in operation for the start of the racing season in April.”

Here you will find more about the positive tests in the American Quarter Horse Racing.

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