Columbus, OH – The Ohio State Racing Commission reminds Ohio 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 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

Clenbuterol            25 pg/ml                      blood

Dantrolene             5-OH dantrolene 0.1 ng/ml  blood

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  blood

Lidocaine

Mepivacaine           10 ng/ml of 3-OH         blood

Mepivacaine urine

Limit of Detection        urine

Methocarbamol       1 ug/ml                      urine
Methylprednisolone 100 pg/ml                   blood

Omeprazole            10 ng/ml Omeprazole Sulfide   blood

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