Cobalt Policy Adopted by Racing Regulators

Regulators adopted a new policy making it illegal to administer cobalt to a racehorse.
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The Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) is notifying regulators and their testing labs of a new policy that would make it illegal to administer cobalt to a racehorse.

The RCI Board of Directors last week voted to sanction trainers of horses that were found to have a cobalt level of 50 parts per billion (ppb) or greater of blood plasma or serum with a “B” penalty, which calls for a minimum 15-day suspension, a minimum $500 fine, and four points on the trainer’s multiple medication violation record. Owners of horses that raced would also face a loss of any purse money earned and the horse would be excluded from competition until a retest at the owner’s expense proves levels have dropped to below 25 ppb in plasma or serum.

The 50 ppb was based upon the unanimous recommendation of the RCI Scientific Advisory Group which met on April 21 to review a proposal from the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium that was submitted on April 10.

The RCI Drug Testing Standards and Practices (DTSP) Committee unanimously affirmed that recommendation on April 23 and it was adopted that same day by the association’s board of directors

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