Witnesses Named for Senate Horse Racing Medication Hearing
The Blood-Horse Staff
July 10, 2012
A U.S. Senate committee has released its witness list for a July 12 hearing on medication use in horse racing.
A U.S. Senate committee has released its witness list for a July 12 hearing on medication use in horse racing.
The hearing, “Medication and Performance Enhancing Drugs in Horse Racing,” will be held July 12.
Also on the website are news, videos, scientific studies, and commentary in support of medication-free racing.
The medication furosemide (Salix) will be discussed by J. David Richardson, MD, and Foster Northrop, DVM.
Dermorphin is a natural opiate more potent than morphine but less likely to produce addiction.
Sophie Stenbeck has contributed $74,000 to provide veterinary care for the organization’s horses.
His owners elected euthanasia after the colt began showing laminitis signs in one of his uninjured legs.
The coalition is working to improve the health and safety of equines and humans at racetracks in the state.
The request for review came from Penny Chenery, Secretariat’s owner, and the Maryland Jockey Club’s president.
Giant Ryan fractured both sesamoids in his left front leg during a race at Belmont Park on June 9.
I’ll Have Another, bidding to become the 12th winner of the Triple Crown, will break from post 11.
Old Friends hosted a welcome reception and press conference for new retiree Rapid Redux June 1.
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner is on track to run in the Belmont Stakes June 9.
Exercise rider Brian VanSteenbergh shares his experience conditioning top Thoroughbred racing stallions. Daily exercise helps keep the horses fit and happy.
In their filing, the TRF directors say the charges made in the May 3 lawsuit are without merit.
The website–cleanhorseracing.org–is dedicated to the reform of horse racing medication rules.
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