Anabolic Steroids Still an Issue in U.S. Horse Racing
Frank Angst
February 13, 2015
A number of samples from Thoroughbred racehorses recently came back positive for anabolic steroids.
A number of samples from Thoroughbred racehorses recently came back positive for anabolic steroids.
The KHRC said it found PETA’s failure to cooperate odd, as the latter group brought the horse mistreatment allegations.
Steve Asmussen’s horses have not suffered a single catastrophic breakdown in 721 Kentucky starts the past four seasons.
Sixteen catastrophic breakdowns occurred in 2014, the lowest number since the state began tracking such statistics.
The KHRC investigation found no evidence of rule violations by Eclipse Award winner Steve Asmussen.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals accused Thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen of horse mistreatment in 2014.
Drs. Rick Sams, Scott Stanley, Mary Robinson, Ken McKeever, and George Maylin have been appointed to the board.
The RCI had invited the RMTC to merge with the former group’s new Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee.
The RCI has asked the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) to merge into a new RCI scientific advisory board.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission announced sanctions against nine trainers and one veterinarian for medication-related violations.
Officials at LGC blamed delays on a spike in the number of samples that required follow-up testing after initial analysis.
The council will go along with several changes in withdrawal times and threshold levels that would move the state toward National Uniform Medication Program policies.
Officials at a Lexington, Kentucky, equine drug-testing laboratory blamed recent long delays in processing samples on a spike of nearly 100 times the number of usual suspicious results this year compared with 2013.
One trainer didn’t received sanctions for a June 2013 drug violation until October. A Blood-Horse writer takes a look.
A backlog of samples at a respected laboratory has prompted Indiana and Kentucky racing officials to seek other options.
The 24-year-old stallion died Oct. 7 while recovering from surgery to treat neck-arthritis-related conditions.
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