RMTC By Frank Angst Despite delays in the turnaround of equine test results in 2014, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday, March 23, opted to extend its agreement with LGC Science to be its testing lab. The commission approved extending the current memorandum with LGC through June 30, 2016. KHRC executive director John Ward
RMTC By Tom Precious New York regulators March 23 said they want to hold a forum to consider the future use of anti-bleeding medication furosemide in the state. Led by New York State Gaming Commission member John Crotty, regulators said they will move ahead with some kind of forum or meeting with industry experts and
RMTC By Tom LaMarra The Indiana Horse Racing Commission March 10 upheld an administrative law judge's order that trainer Tom Amoss be suspended 60 days and fined $5,000 in a therapeutic medication case that has dragged on for more than three years. Meanwhile, the IHRC also approved a settlement agreement with Quarter Horse trainer Ron
RMTC By David Grening OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- Trainer Rudy Rodriguez will serve a 25-day suspension and pay a $2,500 fine as a result of two horses having overages for flunixin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory also known as Banamine and used for therapeutic use. The suspension, issued by the New York Gaming Commission, begins Monday and
By Frank Angst Through the first 10 months of 2014, U.S. horse racing appeared on pace to register its fewest positive drug tests for anabolic steroids since the industry moved to outlaw the drugs from racing in 2008-09. But six positives for the anabolic steroid stanozolol from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19 at Laurel Park
by Mike Kane From the outbreak of catastrophic injuries at Aqueduct to the Steve Asmussen/PETA investigation, to adding Cobalt to the substances subject to penalties in out-of-competition tests, high-profile Thoroughbred racing matters dominated Monday’s meeting of the New York State Gaming Commission. With the massive winter storm moving up the East Coast already dropping snow
By Matt Hegarty The New York Gaming Commission has completed an investigation into allegations made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against the trainer Steve Asmussen, officials of the commission said on Monday, with a report on the probe expected soon. Dr. Scott Palmer, the equine medical director for the commission, said that
By T.D. Thornton Barely two weeks into 2015, horse racing already has a candidate for scandal of the year: cobalt. Although the bluish metallic element whose name is derived from the German word for a demonic goblin has been linked to equine blood doping for at least two years, cobalt has rocketed to the top
By: Gregory A. Hall LEXINGTON, Ky. – Nothing in an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals into the operations of leading thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen showed a violation of rules on medication or care, Kentucky officials announced Thursday. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission discussed the findings of its investigators that neither
By Frank Angst Kentucky horse racing commissioners are expected to listen Jan. 15, to a staff report on an investigation of trainer Steve Asmussen that followed allegations of horse mistreatment from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The allegations from PETA followed its 2014 release of a video the group says documents wrongdoing at
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