LAC 35:I.1737. When Horse Found Drugged

A. Should the chemical analysis of any sample of the blood, saliva, urine or other excretions of body fluids of a horse contain any prohibited drug or substance of any description not permitted by Chapter 15 or prohibited by §1719, the trainer of such horse shall be entitled to request a split sample as provided for in §1775. Following confirmation of a split sample by a referee laboratory that a split sample was positive for the same drug or substance contained in the primary sample not permitted by Chapter 15 or prohibited by §1719, the trainer of the horse may, after a hearing before the stewards, be fined, suspended or ruled off, if the stewards conclude that the prohibited drug or substance contained in the sample could have produced analgesia in, stimulated or depressed the horse, or could have masked or screened a drug or substance which could have produced analgesia in, stimulated or depressed the horse. The stable foreman, groom and any other person shown to have had the care or attendance of the horse may be fined, suspended or ruled off. The owner(s) of a horse so found to have received administration of such prohibited drug or substance shall be denied, or shall promptly return, any portion of the purse or sweepstakes and any trophy awarded to such horse, and the said purse, sweepstakes and any trophy shall be distributed as in the case of a disqualification.