RMTC by Ray Paulick Trainer Kellyn Gorder has been suspended one year and fined $5,000 by Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards after the discovery of methamphetamine in Bourbon Warfare, a 3-year-old Colonel John filly owned by Bourbon Lane Stable who finished first in a maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs Nov. 22, 2014. Gorder
RMTC By Tom LaMarra An April 22 roundtable discussion on anti-doping programs around the world revealed several common issues, including a need for more financial resources and dealing with highly-sensitive testing in an environment in which therapeutic medications are regularly used in training. Laboratory directors from the United States, Great Britain, and Hong Kong took
RMTC Horseracingreform.org to offer enhanced Process to Upload Vet Records for Graded Stakes News Release In an effort to encourage transparency in Thoroughbred racing, The Jockey Club has enhanced and automated the system that enables owners or their agents to upload veterinary medical treatment records for horses running in graded stakes races. “The enhancements streamline
RMTC By: Neil Clarkson Racing authorities in California are imposing a threshold on cobalt in horses competing in the state. Racing jurisdictions around the world are moving against the use of the trace element, which has been shown to have performance-enhancing properties. Cobalt has a similar effect to erythropoietin (EPO) in stimulating production of red
RMTC By Press Release The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Kevin Brophy, age 60, Florida, Dr. Fernando Motta, age 44, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Christopher Korte, age 43, Pueblo, Colorado, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab in Harrisburg. Dr. Renee Nodine, age 52,
RMTC Five veterinarians have been invited to speak at the Ohio State Racing Commission monthly meeting to discuss possible medication practices for Ohio horse racing. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. on the 19th floor of the Riffe Center, located at 77 South High St. in Columbus. The veterinarians
RMTC By Charles D. Brunt / Journal Staff Writer Horse trainers charged with doping their horses will have a wider choice of laboratories they can use to challenge regulators’ findings, the New Mexico Racing Commission has decided. Prior to Thursday’s action, trainers were limited to using only three commission-approved testing labs to challenge track stewards’
RMTC Due to unnaturally high levels of Cobalt in plasma that have been detected by the Ohio State Racing Commission (OSRC) in both Standardbred and Thoroughbred random post-race tests, the OSRC is strongly suggesting that horsemen and veterinarians become vigilant in monitoring the Cobalt in plasma levels in their racehorses, ensuring that those levels are
RMTC By Tom LaMarra The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium hopes to have a recommended testing threshold level by late April for a naturally occurring amino acid that has a calming effect on racehorses. The substance in question—gamma-aminobutyric acid, commonly known as GABA—was banned by the United States Equestrian Federation in 2012 because of adverse
RMTC By Tom LaMarra The Racing Officials Accreditation Program, on its 2015 list of points of emphasis, is encouraging the horse racing industry to develop regulations to deal with the issue of "program trainers"—generally those who serve as cover for suspended or barred individuals. "On a scale of one to 10, in terms of importance
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