The Ohio State Racing Commission (OSRC) reminds Ohio harness racing horsemen that the new therapeutic medication resolution for regulatory thresholds takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
The resolution and OSRC regulatory thresholds list can be found at the OSRC website (www.racingohio.net) under Licenses, Laws & Rules.
OSRC Commissioner Beth Hansen, chair of the OSRC Medication Committee (OSRC-MC), presented the resolution at the Sept. 23, 2019 OSCR Meeting where it was unanimously approved.
For questions, please contact William Crawford, OSRC Executive Director at 614-466-2758 or at bill.crawford@racing.ohio.gov.
OHIO STATE RACING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2019-07
WHEREAS, The Ohio State Racing Commission ("Commission") has the authority under Ohio Revised Code 3769.03 to prescribe rules and conditions under which horse racing may be conducted;
WHEREAS, Ohio Administrative Code sections 3769-8-01 (A)(2) and 3769-18- 01 (A)(2) state the Commission may, by order, establish a system of classification of prohibited foreign substances, to include methods of detection and/or regulatory thresholds recommended penalties and disciplinary measures for the presence of said substances in test samples;
WHEREAS, Ohio Administrative Code sections 3769-8-01 (A)(2) and 3769-18- 01 (A)(2) further state in determining the substances to be classified the Commission shall give due consideration to the uniform classification guidelines of foreign substances and recommended penalties and model rules revised by the association of racing commissioners international;
WHEREAS, The Commission has established a medication committee which has reviewed industry therapeutic medication thresholds and the Commission's current list of Regulatory Thresholds for Prohibited Substances;
WHEREAS, The medication committee received industry input regarding the misuse and/or abuse of these therapeutic medications and the detrimental effect on the equine athlete and to all of horse racing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED, by the Commission that the following substances are approved as the Commission's Regulatory Thresholds for Prohibited Substances:
Substance |
Threshold |
Matrix |
Acepromazine |
HEPS 10 ng/ml |
urine |
Albuterol |
1 ng/ml |
urine |
Betamethasone |
10 pg/ml |
blood |
Butorphanol |
10 ng/ml |
urine |
|
. |
|
Cetirizine |
6 ng/ml |
blood |
Cimetidine |
400 ng/ml |
Blood
|
Clenbuterol
Dantrolene |
25 pg/ml
5-OH dantrolene |
blood
blood |
|
0.1 ng/ml |
|
Detomidine |
1 ng/ml |
blood |
Dexamethasone |
5 pg/ml |
blood |
Diclofenac |
5 ng/ml |
blood |
DMSO |
10 ug/ml |
blood |
Firocoxib |
20 ng/ml |
blood |
Flunixin |
20 ng/ml |
blood |
Furosemide |
100 ng/ml |
blood |
Glycopyrrolate |
3 pg/ml |
blood |
Guaifenesin |
12 ng/ml |
blood |
Isoflupredone |
100 pg/ml |
blood |
Isoxuprine |
1 ug/ml |
urine |
Ketoprofen |
2 ng/ml |
blood |
Lidocaine |
20 pg/ml of total 3-OH Lidocaine |
blood |
Mepivacaine |
10 ng/ml of 3-OH Mepivacaine urine Limit of Detection |
urine
blood |
Methocarbamol |
1 ug/ml |
urine |
Methylprednisolone |
100 pg/ml |
blood |
Omeprazole |
10 ng/ml |
blood |
Omeprazole Sulfide
Phenylbutazone |
2 ug/ml |
blood |
Prednisolone |
1 ng/ml |
blood |
Procaine Penicillin |
25 ng/ml |
blood |
Ranitidine |
40 ng/ml |
blood |
Triamcinolone Acetonide |
100 pg/ml |
blood |
Xylazine |
200 pg/ml |
blood |
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED, by the Commission that the following substances are removed from the Commission's Regulatory Thresholds for Prohibited Substances and are now prohibited substances:
Substance Threshold Matrix
Pentazocine 50 ng/ml urine
Promazine 50 ng/ml urine 3-OH promazine
Pyrilamine 100 pg/ml blood O-desmethylpyrilamine
Stanozolol 1 ng/ml urine 16 B-hydroxystanozolol
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED, by the Commission that the effective implementation date of the above Orders is January 1, 2020.
Adopted: September 23, 2019
by Kimberly Rinker, for the Ohio Sires Stakes