RMTC On Tuesday, March 10 at a public meeting, the Indiana Horse Racing Commission unveiled the details of its 2015 drug testing program. A synopsis presented by the commission’s executive director, Joe Gorajec, includes a new primary testing laboratory, a unique-to-the-industry audit laboratory, expanded out-of-competition testing and cobalt testing. Several new elements in this year’s
Sam Kavanagh runner Midsummer Sun tests positive for caffeine and cobalt By Racingbase Staff Trainer Sam Kavanagh is facing an investigation after Racing NSW stewards revealed his runner Midsummer Sun test posted for caffeine and cobalt after winning the Gosford Gold Cup in January. Racing NSW informed Kavanagh that Midsummer Sun returned a positive test
RMTC By Erica Larson This past year, horse racing regulators worldwide have turned their attention to a seemingly innocuous substance: cobalt. Every horse needs this important element to survive, but some horsemen believe that supplementing the substance will help their horses gain a competitive advantage on the race track. At the 2015 University of Kentucky
RMTC By Tom LaMarra The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium may be close to recommending policy on the endogenous element cobalt, which when administered in high doses is believed to enhance production of red blood cells. In a related matter, the Indiana Horse Racing Commission March 10 adopted emergency regulations for regulation of cobalt in
Trainer Darren Smith's fate depends on what is an excessive level of cobalt By: Chris Roots The fate of Newcastle trainer Darren Smith's career will be decided within the next week by Racing NSW stewards and will come down to at what point does cobalt become a prohibited substance. Smith pleaded not guilty on Tuesday
Victorian lab will be first in Australia to test for cobalt as racing steps up fight against PEDs By Leo Schlink and Daryl Timms VICTORIAN racing’s fight against performance-enhancing substances has escalated with the creation of Australia’s first cobalt-testing laboratory. When completed, the $350,000 lab will test both blood and urine samples for cobalt and
By Jessica Owers For a long time, much of the world was able to wag its finger at American racing and its drug problems. Race-day Lasix and phenylbutazone uses, steroid obsession... these were U.S. issues, far from the perceived clean loins of the wider racing world. But late in 2014, something happened in Australia. Sydney
By: Carly Crawford A GROUP of racing figures linked to Melbourne’s underworld has been juicing up harness racing horses with record doses of cobalt. A Herald Sun investigation has exposed suspected links between the cobalt epidemic sweeping Australian racing, underworld figures, and racing’s synthetic EPO doping scourge. The Herald Sun can reveal: NSW harness racing
On Monday, the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency issued a statement regarding its position on the use of cobalt in racehorses. Given the recent publicity surrounding cobalt, the purpose of this notice is to provide the racing industry with information with respect to the CPMA's position on this substance. Cobalt is a naturally occurring, trace element present
Racing Victoria puts deadline on cobalt investigation into leading trainers LEADING trainers Peter Moody, Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh will know within four to six weeks whether they will be charged with cobalt chloride offences. Racing Victoria investigators announced on Tuesday the deadline for the completion of the investigations. Moody, Kavanagh, O’Brien and father-son training
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