By Tom LaMarra The umbrella group for regulators in North America is examining a new approach to out-of-competition testing that would not only target blood-doping and gene-doping, but also help identify horses at risk of catastrophic injury. Out-of-competition testing, on the books in eight states, has different rules depending on the jurisdiction but was enacted
By Blood-Horse Staff As a result of veterinary advice during an investigation into whether a yearling sold at public auction tested positive for a prohibited anabolic steroid, Racing Queensland stewards have determined altrenogest is not so classified. The conclusion was made following a sample taken from a yearling colt sold at this year's Magic Millions
Veteran trainer Scott Lake was assessed a suspension of 120 days - twice what was originally reported - by the Maryland Racing Commission as the result of horses in his care testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Mike Hopkins, the MRC’s executive director, said Wednesday that the commission had clarified the penalties handed to Lake.
By: Barry Lichter Cambridge trainer Brett McDonald was today charged with administering the pain-killing drug bute to four runners at the Ruakaka trials, including the horse which broke both its front legs and crashed, seriously injuring jockey Christopher Dell. The Racing Integrity Unit charged McDonald, father of champion jockey James McDonald, and his stable foreman
By Jim Dunleavy Maryland Jockey Club officials have notified trainers Hector Garcia and Juan C. Vazquez that they no longer will be able to race at Laurel Park or Pimlico and have given them two weeks to remove their horses from the Pimlico backstretch. The ban comes in response to four recent medication positives that
By Tom LaMarra The racing and breeding industry in North America is devising a plan of action to accommodate the British Horseracing Authority's zero-tolerance policy for the presence of anabolic steroids in Thoroughbreds. The issue was discussed during the Feb. 3 Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association symposium at Keeneland in Lexington for the benefit of
Trainer Peter Moody has been fined $12,000 by Racing New South Wales (RNSW) following an investigation into House Of Hingis testing positive to the banned substance ibuprofen. Moody was found guilty of presenting the three-year-old daughter of Swiss Ace with the substance in her system when she finished fifth at Rosehill on November 15 and
By: Rod Nicholson A YEARLING sold at last month’s Magic Millions sale on the Gold Coast has tested positive to anabolic steroids. It is the first case in Australia of a yearling being sold with illegal steroids since the Australian Racing Board introduced a total ban of anabolic steroids in May last year. Queensland stewards
By Tom LaMarra Three trainers have received suspensions and fines in Maryland in conjunction with positive tests for stanozolol, a synthetic steroid formerly known as Winstrol that is now available only through drug compounders. The steroid was detected by Truesdail Laboratories in samples taken from racehorses in December and January at Laurel Park, according to
By: Brad Davidson THREE thoroughbred and three harness trainers are facing possible bans after nine samples came back above the cobalt threshold in Racing Queensland’s initial tests on 340 urine samples. But no names were revealed as Racing Queensland wish to keep the identity of those trainers in possible hot water secret until the B-samples
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