NEWS RELEASE  February 26, 2016 Contact: Hallie Roach Lewis (859) 224-2848   RMTC BOARD MAKES THRESHOLD RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVES AN EXPANDED OUT-OF-COMPETITION TESTING MODEL RULE  The board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) voted to approve several important recommendations from its Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Horseracing Testing Laboratories Committee (HTLC) at

NEWS RELEASE  February 19, 2016 Contact: Hallie Roach Lewis (859) 224-2848   RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT To assist veterinarians in the medical treatment of racehorses, the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) created a Controlled Therapeutic Substances (CTS) list. The CTS list sets forth therapeutic medications that veterinarians can use,

NEWS RELEASE  February 16, 2016 Contact: Hallie Roach Lewis (859) 224-2848   RMTC ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON HAIR TESTING AT UC DAVIS LABORATORY The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) organized an equine racing chemist workshop February 8-9 at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine to foster uniformity in testing of hair samples. The workshop,