Potts suspended after horse tests positive for anti-inflammatory
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New Jersey stewards have suspended trainer Wayne Potts for 15 days after a horse in his care tested positive for an anti-inflammatory medication after a race in June.
As BloodHorse reported earlier, Kentucky Cool, a 3-year-old gelding, tested positive for Flunixin after winning the second race at Monmouth Park on June 5. A blood-sample test found 10.1 nanograms per milliliter of the substance.
Flunixin is an anti-inflammatory medication that also is used to alleviate pain.
Potts' suspension runs from Sept. 1 through Sept. 15. He also was fined $500. Kentucky Cool, who won by a neck, was disqualified.
The trainer told BloodHorse that he would appeal the decision to the New Jersey Racing Commission.
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