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Horse Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. Has Horse Testing Positive For Drugs
A horse trained by Richard Dutrow, Jr., Salute the Count, that raced at Churchill Downs the day before Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby tested positive for twice the allowable level of the drug clenbuterol, a bronchodilator that helps burn fat and promote muscle growth, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) will issue the ruling Wednesday, suspend horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. for 15 days and demand the horse’s owner to return the $20,000 in purse earnings, racing officials told the newspaper.
Richard Dutrow, Jr. has 10 days to appeal the penalty, which trainers often do to delay serving the suspension. However, John Veitch, the chief state steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, said that Dutrow waived his right to a formal hearing, and more or less accepted responsibility.
“I was there all week and am responsible,” race horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. told The New York Times. “I use that medication on many of my horses and only once can ever remember having a problem with it.”
The bay gelding, Salute the Count, finished second in Churchill Downs’s $100,000 Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at 5 furlongs last May 2.
Clenbuterol is an approved medication in race horses. The bronchodilator increases lung capacity, though it also has steroidal properties. It is illegal to administer it on race day, but states vary on the length of time beforehand that it can be administered. In Kentucky, for example, it cannot be administered within 72 hours of race day. In New York, 96 hours.
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