RMTC By Frank Vespe A year ago at it post-Preakness meeting, the Maryland Racing Commission voted to begin testing cobalt levels in horses in an effort to establish threshold levels and determine whether it needed to regulate the substance. Today, a year later, the Commission voted to do just that. By a unanimous vote, the
RMTC Preakness Entrants Undergo OOC Testing; MD Only TC State Not to Apply for Grant Money By T.D. Thornton Horses for the GI Preakness S. were subjected to a form of out-of-competition (OOC) testing Thursday afternoon, but in terms of pre-race testing, the entrants in other graded stakes this weekend at Pimlico Race Course will
RMTC By Paulick Report Staff Trainer Rudy Rodriguez and veterinarian Greg Bennett were each fined $3,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission for administering a drug to the horse Sage Valley outside the permitted time frame. According to a report in the Daily Racing Form, the fine was reduced to $1,500 for both men
RMTC By Edited Press Release The Association of Racing Commissioners International’s (ARCI) Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee (DTSP) has voted to call for public comment on draft rule language that would create a new paradigm for drug prosecutions and impose a 10-year exclusion for those guilty of the most egregious violations. Under the draft
RMTC By Paulick Report Staff All post-race tests from Kentucky Oaks and Derby days, including the Kentucky Derby have come back clean. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the announcement was made by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on May 11. The top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby are set to contest the G1 Preakness
RMTC By Blood-Horse Staff All horses scheduled to compete in the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico Race Course must be on the grounds by noon May 14, according to security and pre-race procedures released by the Maryland Jockey Club. According to the procedures, blood specimens will be drawn for all prospective runners later
RMTC By: Matt Hegarty Trainer Kellyn Gorder has been granted a stay of a 14-month suspension for two Kentucky rules violations and will be free to start horses until an appeal of the ruling is heard, according to Kentucky chief state steward Barbara Borden. Gorder appealed the suspension shortly after it was handed down in
RMTC USTA Communications Department Columbus, OH --- The U.S. Trotting Association announced today it has retained the services of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau to conduct a variety of integrity services. “The USTA is committed to integrity in harness racing and working with the TRPB will provide our industry with a wide variety of investigative,
RMTC Ky. commission adopts 24-hour threshold to regulate Lasix-free races By: Matt Hegarty The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a 24-hour threshold level for furosemide, a move that was made necessary by the commission’s decision earlier this year to allow tracks to write races that would include as a condition of entry a
Racing NSW invests in cutting-edge technology to protect racing’s integrity By: Ray Thomas RACING NSW has further strengthened its drug detection processes by purchasing cutting-edge equipment that will be able to screen for more than 8000 different types of drugs in a single swab analysis. Peter V’landys, Racing NSW’s chief executive, said the new technology
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