The enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Security Authority has suspended coach Kevin Eikleberry and fined him $1,000 for his use or tried use of Epsom salts throughout the race interval.
The violation falls underneath HISA’s guidelines for managed treatment, substances allowed within the racing surroundings however regulated. Normally these violations are much less regarding than transgressions underneath the banned substance guidelines, which contain substances which might be by no means permitted in a horse.
Epsom salts are generally used as a sedative or laxative in horses. As outlined by HISA, Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) fall into the Class B penalty subclassification. The HISA violation standing for Epsom salts is S7, which is the bottom standing of concern.
In response to a Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit publish to its web site, Eikleberry will start a one-week suspension Nov. 8. HIWU additionally imposed two penalty factors on the coach.
HIWU stated the violation occurred Sept. 28. On that day Alexiana , a juvenile Gormley filly who had gained her first two begins for her breeder Allen Poindexter and co-owner Brian Corridor, was scratched from a deliberate begin within the Iowa Sorority Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
Together with his horses incomes $1,106,899, Eikleberry led all trainers in earnings on the Prairie Meadows assembly that concluded Sept. 28. Because it turned out, within the race Alexiana was scratched, the Iowa Sorority Stakes, he despatched out stablemate Kanojo to victory.
