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Race day medication will be banned at the Breeders' Cup World Championships, starting with 2-year-olds in 2012 and covering all races beginning in 2013.
The Breeders' Cup board of directors adopted a measure Thursday directing that procedures be developed to implement the ban.
Breeders' Cup Chairman Tom Ludt said in a statement that strong international participation in the Breeders' Cup was a factor in the board's decision to bring policies in line with international practices.
The Breeders' Cup began out-of-competition testing for blood doping agents for the championships in 2007 and banned the use of steroids from competition in 2008.
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