Kentucky-based coach Eric Reed has been suspended seven days and fined $1,000 for a gabapentin constructive discovered within the 5-year-old mare Misplaced Bikini after she received an allowance race April 13 at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
Reed accepted the rule violation and the penalties assessed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, which handles testing and enforcement for the Horseracing Integrity and Security Authority. His seven-day suspension begins Dec. 24, and his penalty consists of forfeiture of the purse.
Reed, who educated 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Wealthy Strike , has not been penalized for a constructive remedy check since December 2018, when he was fined $500 for gabapentin present in a 5-year-old gelding named Plumbago who raced at Mountaineer On line casino Racetrack and Resort. Reed additionally waived his proper to a listening to and accepted the penalty in 2018.
Gabapentin is a category 3 remedy, that means it could or might not have an accepted medical use in racehorses, however its pharmacology signifies it has much less potential to have an effect on efficiency than Class 1 or Class 2 medicines. Gabapentin is mostly used together with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine to deal with power musculoskeletal ache.
Misplaced Bikini, by Blame out of the Bernardini mare Bikini Magnificence, bought her third win at Mahoning Valley in April and earned $17,160 for proprietor Jerry Jamgotchian. After this race, the mare was acquired by Quarter Pole Investments that then had her claimed for $12,500 out of an allowance/elective claiming race at Mountaineer by proprietor/coach Wallace Jenkins.Join BloodHorse Day by day