A webinar was held in the Horsesaracing Integrity and Safety Authority on July 1st, in which changes in the rule come into force on July 8th.
Lisa Lazarus, CEO of HISA, headed the committee and was accompanied by HISA director of the Security Radio route, Ann McGovern, director of Marc Guilfoil, director of Stewarding and State Racing Commission, and the veterinarian Dr. Shari Silverman.
Silverman discussed a variety of changes to stand-down times and other medical rules.
According to the current rules, a horse that receives an intra-karticular injection into the entire joint on the limbs has a seven-day stand-down for workouts and a 14-day stand-down for races. Polyacrylamide hydrogels are an exception that requires a seven-day stand-down for work and an 180-day breed.
From July 8th there will be a 14-day stand-down for work and 30-day stand-down for racing when corticosteroids are administered. All other types remain the same. Horses that receive these injections before July 8 follow the original rule.
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The stand-down times have also been changed for shockwave therapy that currently needed 30 days for training and races. The fresh rule will reduce training to 14 days while it stays for 30 days for the race.
Also on July 8, all medical therapeutic devices with an external power source (battery or connected) will be banned within 48 hours of a breed or a work that is to be removed from the list of veterinarians. Every type of acupuncture is also prohibited during these 48 hours.
For horses who had a longer absence from the race, HISA will need a 150-day definition report. July 8th will act as the day of the first discharge for these reports.
“If a horse has not driven in a long time – on July 8, on July 8, it says on July 8, as far as Hisa affects it, it will be day one,” said Silverman. “We do not expect discharge reports to be uploaded to the portal for these horses by December 5th.”
You must continue to submit those in race stalls for which 120-day or 150-day detection reports are required.
Changes to the rules
From July 8th, a second option to claim the liberation for connections from covered horses that have not started in 120 days will be available.
Connections cannot entitle the horse for up to two races after its release. In order to meet these conditions, the horse must have driven at a current price at its last start and a price race with a price of a price as a last price as the last price started.
The second race option is only available if the waiver was used in the first race of the discharge. The operate of the waiver for the first race and not the waiver of second breeds does not transfer the waiver to the third race. In addition, the second race is not justified if the horse wins the first race or changes the majority of the property after the first race.
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Some additions and changes were also made to the incredible rule of claims, which Guilfoil believes that they are one of the most critical rules in HISA.
“I think it's a horse welfare rule that really takes care of the horse,” said Guilfoil.
The applicants now have the option of reducing their claim within two business days after the announcement that the horse had a positive drug test in the race from which it was claimed. As soon as the applicant announced from the Horseracing and Integrity Welfare Unit, you can contact the Stewards and give your intention to make the claim too invalid.
“In Kentucky we have had this rule for several years and there has never been a reasonable claim that they could not train between the two parties,” said Guilfoil.
The claim does not become unsuitable if the applicant has founded a horse in a different breed or if the applicant is not properly implemented with the horse or is made with material changes, such as: B. castration or when the horse dies or has been put to sleep in its care.
Applicants can fill out a form to receive a notification if the test results have been received, which was estimated for about 10 days.
“I would advise you if you drive back this horse in a low time if you say that it will fill out the form,” said Guilfoil.
Claims can also be unbidden on the race day if one of the following orders should be made before approval to the applicant. When you leave the test stable: the horse dies or is put to sleep, the route is abolished and placed on the animal list to bleed out of the nostrils (epistaxis) (epistaxis), or ISund or Lahm.
As soon as the horse has been released from the test stick, the horse is claimed to relieve this claim with the only way if the drug test failed.
The minimum time in which a horse must remain in the test stick was also clarified what the committee is at least 30 minutes. However, veterinarians can keep them longer.
“These rules, the improvements and some of the changes in the rules were a direct feedback from them (people in the industry), so we listen,” said Guilfoil. “We change the regulations if you make sense. … If there must be further revisions that someone invents, you can contact us at any time.”
