By: Steve Andersen A portion of the purse of the Grade 3 Adoration Stakes at Santa Anita in May was ordered redistributed on Sunday after runner-up Skye Diamonds tested in excess of the permitted level of clenbuterol, according to a ruling published by the Santa Anita stewards. Skye Diamonds earned $20,000 of the $100,000 purse,
By: Bill Finley Trainer Jorge Navarro will not have to worry about where he is going to race this winter. Tim Ritvo, the chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, reports that the trainer has been cleared to race at Gulfstream and all tracks owned by the Stronach team. Navarro’s status at Gulfstream was, at
By: Jim Dunleavy A Pennsylvania Racing Commission ruling dated Sept. 22 has ordered the purse of the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup at Penn National on June 3 redistributed after a split sample from the winner, Richard's Boy, confirmed the presence of methamphetamine in his system. Bold Thunder finished first by a head over Richard's Boy
Press Release: New Pennsylvania regulations instituted by the state Horse Racing Commission are proving effective in strengthening the integrity of the state’s equine racing industry, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding reported. “When we set out to reform the state’s racing industry, two of our goals were to secure the long-term funding of our oversight work, but
Press Release: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has announced its strong support for the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017. The bill, formally designated as H.R. 2651, would require that a uniform, anti-doping and medication control program be developed and enforced by a private, non-profit, self-regulatory organization known as the
By: Matt Hegarty The New Jersey Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a recommendation from the stewards at Monmouth Park that the commission increase a set of fines that had been levied on trainer Jorge Navarro and the owner Randal Gindi, according to the executive director of the commission. The commission voted to increase the fine
By: Bill Finley The New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) put off making a decision Wednesday on a petition submitted by the Meadowlands that would make any horse that tests positive for a prohibited medication ineligible to race for 90 days. NJRC executive director Frank Zanzuccki announced at yesterday’s regularly scheduled commission meeting that a ruling
By: David Grening Trainer Robertino Diodoro on Sunday began serving a 15-day suspension for three medication positives incurred at Turf Paradise during the winter. Diodoro had three horses test positive for hydroxyethylpromazine sulfoxide, a tranquilizer that the Association of Racing Commissioners International lists as a Class 3 drug. The medication was found in the post-race
By: Darin Zoccali Last year I wrote a column highlighting what I thought were potential points for optimism in the harness racing industry in 2017. Among those points was the appointment of Brett Revington as bureau director of standardbred racing for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Fast forward eight months and Revington is making a
By: Natalie Voss Recommended withdrawal guidelines for detomidine, commercially known as Dormosedan, may face review after a recent study suggested horses could test positive while adhering to the guidelines. The current guideline from the Racing Medication Testing Consortium suggests the threshold for a positive be set at 2ng/ml in urine and 1 ngl/ml in blood,
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