Played Delaware today, big mistake. Anyway, during the reading and posting of the scratches and changes, some horses , like Latice, Who\'s Crying Now, and a few others had (A) next to their name as I viewed the simulcast. It seemed the announcer said something like \" And Latice has an ardcar\". Does anyone know what this means? It sounded like double talk.
At Delaware they do Race Arabians...
NC Tony
jo + nct , they got arabian and standard bred race\'s at del, those are the races they don\'t have sheets for ...
i didn\'t pay too much attention to crc sat becouse i went in the bris contest and fortunately enough , qualified for the bris finals in the very last spot by .20 cents - the contest had races from crc - running bobcats in the 5th was one of my winners and in the 7th g city gal got moved up to place after an incident , but it was a funny day overall down in fla ...
Joesphus,
The A designation in DRF after the horses name designates an Arabian Race. The adcar(sp) is a permitted medication, I believe.
Mike
At Delaware, the \"A\" the announcer referred to stands for Amicar. It\'s one of the \"adjunct medications\" allowed in Delaware. As for what it does, that I don\'t know. Of course they also run Arabians, but they have their own races, while the A for Amicar is sprinkled throughout the track program.
Jerry
Thankyou jma. Also thanks to the others who tried to help, of course I was already aware that \"A\" refered to Arabians. Now maybe somebody knows what the \"adjunct medication\" is, and why it\'s permitted or at least notated at Delaware and not at other tracks.
http://www.delawarepark.com/hracing/pdf/2005/05cbooktext.qxd.pdf
New Rule 15.02.2
Rule for administration of permissible bleeder medications:
(Aminocaproic Acid) Amicar.
Nothing may be administered to a horse within (1) one hour of the
scheduled post time of the horses' race.
If a horse is to receive one or more bleeding medications, Amicar and
or Salix the trainer shall declare said use at the time of entry.
A veterinarian administering bleeding medications shall report the
administration of such medication(s), on the same type of form used to
report the administration of Salix.
The program shall denote what medication(s) have been administered
to a horse in this race and the past performance lines, in the program,
if any shall denote what medications where administered to said horse
in those races.
All horses running on permissible bleeder medications shall remain on
the medication for a period of not less than sixty days, before being
able to run without the permissible medication.
The presence of medications Amicar-Salix in a horse following the running
of the race which was not declared or reported, may result in the
disqualification of the horse and other sanctions being imposed upon
the trainer and admininistering veterinarian.
Conversely, the absence of a bleeder medication following the running
of a race, which was declared and reported may result in the disqualfication
of the horse and other sanctions being imposed upon the trainer
and practicing veterinarian.
Aminocaproic Acid (Amicar) in humans is used to stop bleeding post-operatively and in hemophiliacs by inducing clotting. To the best of my knowledge it has never been tested for pulmonary bleeding in horses.
Personally I think it's rather risky to induce clots in a horse's lungs, which is essentially pulmonary thrombosis and can be fatal.
Bob