Groundbreaking for New Vocations Facility Slated for June 24
Edited Press Release
June 13, 2015
The new Kentucky facility will include two 15-stall barns, indoor and outdoor arenas, and ample pastures and paddocks.
The new Kentucky facility will include two 15-stall barns, indoor and outdoor arenas, and ample pastures and paddocks.
Other presentation topics will include racetrack surfaces, horsemanship courses, post-mortem exam programs, and more.
The Advanced Horsemanship Program’s first modules focus on EHV-1, the hoof, and the National Uniform Medication Program.
The Triple Crown winning trainer pledged a $50,000 donation to the farm that’s home to three of his former trainees.
The Pan American Conference featured a variety of speakers who focused on anti-doping, marketing, and more.
American Pharoah romped home in the June 6 Belmont Stakes to become the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years.
The group will advocate for uniform medication standards for American Thoroughbred racing.
American Pharoah will seek to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
Breeders’ Cup has expanded its out-of-competition drug testing program, increased security at barns, and more.
American Pharoah will try to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown champion on June 6.
The 10-year-old gray gelding was claimed and retired May 17 following a win in his 87th start.
The new facility will include two 15-stall barns, indoor and outdoor arenas, and multiple pastures and paddocks.
In 2014 racehorses in Ohio produced 112 positive drug tests, most of them for flunixin meglumine or phenylbutazone.
The donations will be applied to grants for charities that assist Thoroughbreds when they finish racing.
The transition comes after the commission’s primary laboratory reportedly failed to report three drug tests.
Researchers found that corticosteroid elimination varies depending on the dose used and the number of joints treated.
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