The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has announced that an updated set of racetrack safety and integrity standards has been approved by members of the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance Advisory Board and the full NTRA board.

The compliance standards will serve as the basis for future racetrack alliance accreditation. The news was presented by Safety and Integrity Alliance Executive Director Steve Koch during a session on medication testing laboratories at the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming.

The material changes to sections 3.G and 3.H within the code of standards encourage governing jurisdictions to adopt criteria set forth by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) pertaining to official testing laboratories.

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