Australian Racing Regulators Probing Steroids Report
The Blood-Horse Staff
February 4, 2015
Officials are looking into a report that a yearling sold at a recent auction has tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Officials are looking into a report that a yearling sold at a recent auction has tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Testing is still required for Quarter Horses at sanctioned tracks and all horses at unsanctioned racetracks.
Three trainers received suspensions and fines in conjunction with positive stanozolol tests.
Officials will hear from groups involved in an effort to have all racing jurisdictions adopt uniform drug policies.
The Australian Racing Board has set a threshold of 200 micrograms for cobalt.
The Blood-Horse‘s editor-in-chief shares his thoughts on PETA’s allegations of racehorse mistreatment.
Officials also said they’d completed their investigation into horse mistreatment allegations surrounding Steve Asmussen.
Discussion topics will include expanded lab capabilities, emerging integrity threats, combating doping, and more.
Reducing the prevalence of catastrophic equine injuries and sudden deaths could help improve jockey safety.
The KHRC said it found PETA’s failure to cooperate odd, as the latter group brought the horse mistreatment allegations.
The additional protocols come in the wake of a recent rash of catastrophic breakdowns at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Steve Asmussen’s horses have not suffered a single catastrophic breakdown in 721 Kentucky starts the past four seasons.
Trainers can enter Thoroughbreds that raced or trained in the last two years and have not begun second career training.
Sixteen catastrophic breakdowns occurred in 2014, the lowest number since the state began tracking such statistics.
The KHRC investigation found no evidence of rule violations by Eclipse Award winner Steve Asmussen.
The Blood-Horse‘s editor-in-chief explains how the TCA’s creation raised both money and awareness.
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