Enforcement Update: California Horse Racing Board 1/25/16

By: Press Release SACRAMENTO, CA – This is an update of complaints, stewards’ rulings, and Board decisions involving Class 1, 2, and 3 medication violations and other significant matters. The CHRB filed complaints against trainer Gerardo Amezcua and owner Ricardo Sepulveda alleging violation of CHRB Rules 1843 (a), (b), and (d), 1843.1, and 1844 (e)(6)

Integrity Council To Review Ibuprofen: Racing.com 1/21/16

By: Shane Anderson The emergence of Ibuprofen as a problem drug in racing will be reviewed by the Racing Victoria (RV) Integrity Council when it meets on February 1. RV Stewards will brief the council on recent cases which have shown a number of horses returning a positive urine sample to the drug. These cases

Training Partners Fined Over Positive Swab: Bloodstock.com.au 1/20/16

Co-trainers Terry and Karina O'Sullivan have been fined $3000 for presenting a horse to race at Sandown in September with a prohibited substance in its system. Dexamethasone, a short-acting corticosteroid, was detected in a urine sample taken from the O'Sullivan-trained Dandy Gent after he finished second in a 2400m race on September 2. The Racing

Maryland Racing Commission Names Medication Policy Committee: The Racing Biz 1/19/16

By: Frank Vespe In the wake of a controversial non-disqualification that roiled the Maryland racing industry, Maryland Racing Commission chairman John McDaniel announced today that he had appointed a Medication Policy and Review Committee. That committee will be comprised of three commissioners and chaired by Dr.Tom Bowman, a veterinarian whom McDaniel described as “most qualified

Australian Trainers Banned For Cobalt: Thoroughbred Daily News 1/19/16

Australian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh have been banned four and three years, respectively, by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board for charges related to cobalt positives returned by horses under their care last year. Veterinarian Tom Brennan has been disqualified five years for his involvement in multiple cobalt cases. Both trainers have appealed

Arsenic Inquiry Finalised: Harness Link 1/17/16

By: Barbara Scott Harness Racing South Australia Stewards finalised an inquiry into a report received from Racing Analytical Services Ltd (RASL) that a post race urine sample taken from SILVER RANGER after Race 4, the Hygain Horse Products Claiming Pace at Globe Derby on 23 November 2015, upon analysis contained arsenic greater than the 0.30

Trainers Urged To Stop Using Ibuprofen or Face Unfair Consequences: Herald Sun 1/17/16

By: Matt Stewart THE Australian Trainers’ Ass­ociation has urged its members to toss out their ibuprofen or suffer the unfair consequences. The list of trainers with ­inadvertent positive drug tests to the anti-inflammatory medication is growing — and the cost is significant; the horse loses the race and the trainer can be fined up to

Abbott’s Compounding Pharmacy Issues Voluntary Recall of All Lots of Unexpired Sterile Human and Animal Compounded Products Due to Lack of Sterility Assurance: FDA.gov 1/16/16

By: Press Release Abbott's Compounding Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of sterile compounded products due to concerns of lack of sterility assurance. All unexpired lots are subject to the recall. These include injectable medications, sterile solutions, eye drops, and eye ointments. All recalled products were distributed to patients, physician offices and clinics, and

Hearing date set for O’Sullivans: Racing.com 1/15/16

By: Andrew Eddy Terry O’Sullivan and his daughter Karina will have their new prohibited substance charge heard by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board next Wednesday. The Stawell-based training partners were notified this week that one of their gallopers, Dandy Gent, had produced a post-race urine sample positive to the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone after it

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