Kentucky has performed random testing for blood-doping antibodies in racehorses of all breeds for more than a year, but now it’s testing for the actual proteins, a process that could put more teeth in penalties.
The Kentucky Horse Racing
California will soon release the results of a study that will reflect trends in connection with blood samples taken from about 6,000 racehorses for the purpose of “milkshake” –or TCO2 testing– last year.
California takes blood from all
Out-of-competition testing of racehorses can be problematic, but some jurisdictions are making headway to combat use of performance-enhancing substances that aren’t administered on race day.
The Ontario Racing Commission, under a new
As Congress considers legislation that would establish the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), horse industry officials are seeking to drive home the message that microchips are a means of identifying equines–not an avenue for the
The American Horse Council (AHC) board of trustees is considering a proposal that would place under the organization’s umbrella a coalition working on the issue of unwanted horses.
At the AHC issues forum in April 2005, the American
The gasps that rose from the record crowd gathered for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico Race Course told the story. There eventually was a winner, but even his connections were thinking about the injury to heavily favored Barbaro,
Supporters of legislation that would ban the transport of horses to slaughter for human consumption are hopeful the measure will pass Congress this year, a co-sponsor of the bill said May 3. Meanwhile, members of the Kentuck
A $13.5-million appropriation for an expansion of the University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) in Lexington is among the budget line items vetoed by Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
Fletcher on April 24 cut $370
More than $15 million for horse industry-related projects and financial relief is included in the 2006-07 budget approved April 11 by the Kentucky General Assembly. The spending plan now goes to Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher for
The American Horse Council board of trustees is considering a proposal that would place under the organization’s umbrella a coalition working on the issue of unwanted horses.
At the American Horse Council issues forum a year ago, the
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, expected to exhaust its bridge funding this year, continues lobbying the industry to support a per-start fee that would be shared by horsemen and racetracks.
RMTC chairman Dan Fick, executive
Having gotten field reports that racehorses are receiving vodka intravenously in an attempt to calm them down before races, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has authorized laboratories to develop a test for
A second barn at Turfway Park has been quarantined because of equine herpesvirus, which was first discovered at the Northern Kentucky racetrack the week before Christmas.
One horse in Barn 27 has tested positive for the virus, Turfway
Turfway Park heightened precautionary measures Dec. 23 after a 3-year-old filly was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus, a contagious disease with respiratory and neurological signs.
The filly, trained by Chuck Simon, was shipped Dec. 21 t
Kentucky’s new medication rules were approved Dec. 13 by the state General Assembly Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee.
The rules, centered on race-day medication, were approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority Nov. 14
Insurance adjusters were at Ellis Park Nov. 7 assessing the damage wrought by a tornado that struck the western Kentucky racetrack early in the morning the previous day.
Three horses were killed and several others were injured, according to reports from track owner Churchill Downs Inc. and the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA). There was no loss of human
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