N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-23.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:71-23.1 - Intent of medication rules; general provisions

(a) It shall be the intent of these rules to protect the integrity of horse racing, to guard the health of the horse, and to safeguard the interests of the public and racing participants through the prohibition and/or control of all drugs and/or substances foreign to the natural horse. For the purpose of these rules, a drug and/or substance administered to a horse is foreign to the natural horse irrespective of whether the said drug and/or substance is also naturally occurring to the horse.

(b) On the day of the race, irrespective of the date, time, and method of administration, no horse entered to start in or participating in any race shall carry in its body any drug and/or substance foreign to the natural horse, excepting external rubs and innocuous compounds as defined in this section and as otherwise provided for in this chapter. Examples of drugs and/or substances foreign to the natural horse, and thus prohibited pursuant to this section are as follows:

1. Articles meeting the definition of drug as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:71-4.1;

2. Chemical substances;

3. Stimulants;

4. Depressants;

5. Anesthetics;

6. Tranquilizers;

7. Anti-inflammatories;

8. Erythropietin (epogen, EPO);

9. Pain killers;

10. Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda);

11. Confectionery sugar;

12. Stamina builders;

13. Mixtures, compounds, or solutions commonly referred to as "milkshakes," which contain any prohibited drug and/or substance; and

14. Controlled therapeutic medications equal to or in excess of the threshold levels set in the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule (Schedule), version 2.1 (Revised April 17, 2014), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. The Schedule can be accessed at http://arcicom.businesscatalyst.com/assets/arci-controlled-therapeutic-medication-schedule---version-2.1.pdf.

(c) Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be construed to prohibit the horse from carrying in its body on the day of the race food products resulting from the normal and proper diet of a horse not containing prohibited drugs and/or substances.

(d) On the day of the race, except as otherwise provided for in these rules, no horse entered to start in or participating in any race shall have administered to it any such drug and/or substance foreign to the natural horse, including as a result of administration of an otherwise permissible external rub or what would otherwise constitute an innocuous compound. In no event, except for the intravenous administration of furosemide (Lasix) pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:71-23.8, or as may otherwise specifically be authorized by or pursuant to these rules, shall the administration of said excepted items be accomplished intravenously, by injection, by jugging or drenching, or through the use of a syringe or sharp, dose syringe, or tube apparatus. A non-prohibited external rub or innocuous compound as defined in this section shall on the day of the race be administered only by application on the exterior of the horse, except that food constituting the normal and proper diet of a horse not containing prohibited drugs and/or substances may be ingested by means limited to the natural intake of a horse without aid or the assistance of any device or apparatus.

(e) An external rub or innocuous compound is a single substance, mixture of substances, or compound that does not contain any of the examples of prohibited items as set forth in (b) above, or additionally, any other substance foreign to the natural horse that alters its normal physiological state.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-23.1

Amended by 46 N.J.R. 2162(a), effective 11/3/2014.