Lab Expects Kentucky Test Delays to End Soon
Officials at LGC blamed delays on a spike in the number of samples that required follow-up testing after initial analysis.
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Frank Angst is a staff writer for The Blood-Horse magazine. An American Horse Publications three-time winner in best news story category, Angst has covered horse racing for more than a decade. Angst spent ten years at Thoroughbred Times, where he earned awards as that magazine’s senior writer and helped launch Thoroughbred Times TODAY. Besides covering horse racing, Angst enjoys handicapping. Angst has written about sports for more than 20 years, including several seasons covering a nationally ranked Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
Posted by Frank Angst | Nov 15, 2014 | Article
Officials at LGC blamed delays on a spike in the number of samples that required follow-up testing after initial analysis.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Nov 14, 2014 | Article
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.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Oct 27, 2014 | Article
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.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Oct 22, 2014 | Commentary
One trainer didn’t received sanctions for a June 2013 drug violation until October. A Blood-Horse writer takes a look.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Oct 15, 2014 | Article
A backlog of samples at a respected laboratory has prompted Indiana and Kentucky racing officials to seek other options.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Oct 8, 2014 | Article
The 24-year-old stallion died Oct. 7 while recovering from surgery to treat neck-arthritis-related conditions.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Sep 19, 2014 | Article
Researchers recently found no link between the vast majority of horses who suffer from exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) and long-term racing performance.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Sep 17, 2014 | Article
Unless horse racing first reaches industry consensus on medication reform, the NTRA does not expect Congress to move forward on federal legislation that would change current, state-level regulatory oversight.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Sep 2, 2014 | Article
In a 12-month period that has seen drug compounders linked to horse deaths at a training center and integrity issues at the track, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is researching ways it could add regulatory oversight of drug compounders.
Read MorePosted by Frank Angst | Aug 8, 2014 | Article
While some prominent trainers called for phasing out use of race-day furosemide in a press release Aug. 1, top horsemen’s groups throughout the country said this week they have not changed their stance in supporting use of the diuretic.
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