Comments on: Medication for Racehorses http://www.equuscaballus.com/2007/02/27/medication-for-racehorses/ n : solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: horse, Equus caballus] Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Equus Team http://www.equuscaballus.com/2007/02/27/medication-for-racehorses/#comment-528 Equus Team Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:45:19 +0000 http://www.equuscaballus.com/2007/02/27/medication-for-racehorses/#comment-528 Bute is an abbreviation for <strong>phenylbutazone</strong>, which is the same family of drugs as aspirin. I also found in Wikepedia that the <strong>1968 Kentucky Derby winner, Dancer's Image</strong>, was disqualified after traces of phenylbutazone were discovered in a post-race urinalysis. It was legal on most tracks around the country in 1968 but had not yet been approved by <strong>Churchill Downs</strong>. Dancer's Image remains the only horse in history to win the <strong>Kentucky Derby</strong> and then be disqualified. Bute is an abbreviation for phenylbutazone, which is the same family of drugs as aspirin.

I also found in Wikepedia that the 1968 Kentucky Derby winner, Dancer’s Image, was disqualified after traces of phenylbutazone were discovered in a post-race urinalysis. It was legal on most tracks around the country in 1968 but had not yet been approved by Churchill Downs. Dancer’s Image remains the only horse in history to win the Kentucky Derby and then be disqualified.

]]> By: risingrainbow http://www.equuscaballus.com/2007/02/27/medication-for-racehorses/#comment-509 risingrainbow Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:53:46 +0000 http://www.equuscaballus.com/2007/02/27/medication-for-racehorses/#comment-509 Yes, lasix is used for horses they call "bleeders." Blood runs out their nostril from racing. They approved the use of lasix years ago. I don't know about the bute. Yes, lasix is used for horses they call “bleeders.” Blood runs out their nostril from racing. They approved the use of lasix years ago. I don’t know about the bute.

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