Horse Drug Regulations and Restrictions

APPENDIX N Performance Horse Drug Regulations and Restrictions


Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances (Revised January 2010)


The following definitions, regulations, and restrictions are adapted from the Racing Commissioners International web site: www.arci.com, and FEI Clean Sport Prohibited Substances List: http://www.feicleansport.org/.


RCI Drug Classification Scheme is based on (1) pharmacology, (2) drug use patterns, and (3) the appropriateness of a drug for use in the racing horse.



Classification Definitions



Class 1


Stimulant and depressant drugs that have the highest potential to affect performance and that have no generally accepted medical use in the racing horse. Many of these agents are Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) schedule II substances. These include the following drugs and their metabolites: opiates, opium derivatives, synthetic opioids and psychoactive drugs, amphetamines and amphetamine-like drugs, as well as related drugs, including but not limited to apomorphine, nikethamide, mazindol, pemoline, and pentylenetetrazol. Though not used as therapeutic agents, all DEA Schedule 1 agents are included in Class 1 because they are potent stimulant or depressant substances with psychotropic and often habituative actions.



Class 2


Drugs that have a high potential to affect performance, but less of a potential than drugs in Class 1. These drugs are 1) not generally accepted as therapeutic agents in racing horses, or 2) they are therapeutic agents that have a high potential for abuse. Drugs in this class include: psychotropic drugs, certain nervous system and cardiovascular system stimulants, depressants, and neuromuscular blocking agents. Injectable local anesthetics are included in this class because of their high potential for abuse as nerve-blocking agents.

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