Yesterday afternoon, California Chrome trainer Art Sherman contacted the NYRA Stewards requesting permission to use nasal strips on the horse. In a Stewards house rule, nasal strips had previously fallen under the broad catch-all of a non approved device and was thus banned from use in NY where is it not as popular as it is in say California where just about every trainer is using them. The Stewards immediately sought comment from New York State Gaming Commission Equine Medic