NEWS RELEASE June 13, 2013 Contact: Hallie Roach Lewis (859) 224-2848 RMTC ACCREDITS FIRST TWO LABORATORIES Lexington, KY -- The University of California-Davis Kenneth L. Maddy Laboratory and HFL Sport Science Inc., Lexington, Ky., became the first two fully-accredited laboratories under the RMTC Laboratory Accreditation program Tuesday. “The accreditation of these two laboratories marks the
NEWS RELEASE March 21, 2013 Contact: Hallie Roach Lewis (859) 224-2848 RMTC BOARD RECOMMENDS THERAPEUTIC WITHDRAWAL TIMES, GRANTS FIRST INTERIM LAB ACCREDITATION At its March 19 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors adopted recommendations for thresholds and withdrawal times for four therapeutic medications identified by the Association
NEWS RELEASE December 20, 2012 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 RMTC BOARD ANNOUNCES CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL RECOMMENDATIONS RESULTING FROM ITS CORTICOSTEROID EXPERTS CONFERENCE The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) recently approved minimum withdrawal time recommendations for corticosteroids. These recommendations were based on recently completed work funded in-part by RMTC and conducted at the University of
NEWS RELEASE August 30, 2012 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 STATEMENT FROM THE RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission recently approved regulations based on the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) Model Rules. The regulations concern major medications reported to the public in racing forms. These model rules, which incorporated broad
NEWS RELEASE July 11, 2012 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 DR. DIONNE BENSON NAMED RMTC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COO The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) today announced the hiring of Dr. Dionne Benson as RMTC Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. In her new position, which she assumed on Monday, Dr. Benson will provide
NEWS RELEASE October 10, 2011 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 or Chris Scherf (410) 392-9200 RACE DAY MEDICATION, DRUG TESTING INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH COMMITTEES PROVIDE UPDATES TO RMTC BOARD At its October 6 meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors heard important updates from the race day medication,
NEWS RELEASE August 4, 2011 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 or Chris Scherf (302) 981-6145 RMTC APPROVES NEW POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON REPORTS FROM ITS RACE DAY MEDICATION COMMITTEES HEBRON, KY --The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors voted today to support a requirement that furosemide only be administered on race day
NEWS RELEASE July 13, 2011 Contact: Rebecca A. Hills (859) 224-2844 RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM TO HOLD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AUGUST 4 The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC), which consists of 25 racing industry stakeholders and organizations that represent Thoroughbred, Standardbred, American Quarter Horse and Arabian racing, will hold a special meeting of
NEWS RELEASE April 20, 2011 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 RMTC JOINS NTRA AND AAEP IN ORGANIZING UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS RACE DAY MEDICATION The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors announced today that it will join the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) in
NEWS RELEASE October 20, 2010 Contact: Hallie Lewis (859) 224-2848 RMTC MAKES THERAPEUTIC WITHDRAWAL TIME RECOMMENDATIONS, ANNOUNCES PROGRESS OF ITS DRUG TESTING INITIATIVES TASK FORCE Based on the recommendation of its Scientific Advisory Committee, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors has recommended scientifically identified withdrawal guidelines and plasma thresholds for the
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