The doctors at the University of Florida’s Racing Laboratory – a division under the College of Veterinary Medicine will have a busy weekend since they will conduct the mandatory lab tests on racing horses that are part of the Kentucky Derby which takes place at the Churchill Downs.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission selected the laboratory to acquire samples taken on the horses before and after the horses. This is to ensure that none of the horses participating in the racing games had been injected with performance enhancing drugs.

The veterinarians will gather samples of urine and blood from each racing horse before they assemble at the field and another series of samples will be taken after the race, especially for the winning horse.

These specimens will then be delivered to the racing lab for tests. The preliminary results will be announced within three working days while full results will be available in as easy as ten days. This was revealed by college professor and lab director Richard Sams.

Once the lab results are published and that the winning horse doesn’t have any suspicious drugs in its system, the winner will then get the prize money.