Press Release: Anecdotal reports suggest that some racehorses are being given micro-doses of recombinant human erythropoietin to improve performance, according to the equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. The micro-dosing regime is designed to avoid detection of the drug, which stimulates the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. Abuse of the substance,
By: T.D. Thornton Thoroughbreds racing in California will no longer be allowed to race with any detectable level of the bronchodilator medication clenbuterol in their systems, effective Nov. 15. The change is a result of evidence the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has collected via out-of-competition testing (OOC), and the measure was passed unanimously Thursday
By: Dan Ross Using the information fed into the Jockey Club’s Equine Injury Database (EID) concerning race-day equine fatalities, the numbers nationwide appear to have declined over the past few years, from a rate of two every 1000 starters back in 2009, to a little over 1.5 in 2016. The latest EID figures for 2017
RMTC Preakness Entrants Undergo OOC Testing; MD Only TC State Not to Apply for Grant Money By T.D. Thornton Horses for the GI Preakness S. were subjected to a form of out-of-competition (OOC) testing Thursday afternoon, but in terms of pre-race testing, the entrants in other graded stakes this weekend at Pimlico Race Course will
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