Horses competing in the $1 million race will be subject to out-of-competition blood testing for banned substances, and be required to be on grounds by April 2 while under 24-hour monitoring at their trainers’ barns and stalls at Aqueduct.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) has named Nat T. Messer IV, DVM, ABVP, and Christopher Scherf to its board of directors.
The $10,000 donation will be made during a presentation April 19 when the West Virginia track hosts Charles Town Classic night.
A major Thoroughbred racing stable was the subject of a 2013 undercover PETA investigation, which alleges over-medication of and cruelty to horses, as well as use of electrical devices on them.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors took several actions March 17 intended to further the process toward the nationwide adoption of uniform medication rules, penalties, and testing.
Dogwood Stable will donate 1% of 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice’s future graded stakes wins to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
The 2014 application for organizations seeking accreditation from the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) Foundation is now available online.
The Albuquerque Journal has reported that New Mexico is the most recent state to have its racing commission approve uniform medication rules.
Truesdail will analyze all urine and blood specimens taken from horses competing at Maryland races.
The feature offers a look inside a neonatal intensive care unit treatment wing and surgical facilities.
Reasons, costs, and solutions for the increase in unwanted horses will be discussed at the March 8 summit.
Those who have adopted a New Vocations horse can assist the organization in promoting retired racehorses.
The two-day workshop brings together a cross-section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities.
The 22-year-old Thoroughbred mare lost a long battle with laminitis and was euthanized Jan. 11.
Champion Irish racehorse St Nicholas Abbey died the morning of Jan. 14 due to complications from colic.
Several favorable tax provisions the horse industry enjoyed in 2013 have reverted to lower levels or expired.
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