Oak Tree to Match Donations in Veterinarian Robbins’ Honor
The Blood-Horse Staff
January 3, 2015
The pledge will cover donations up to a total of $100,000 that are made through Dec. 31, 2015.
The pledge will cover donations up to a total of $100,000 that are made through Dec. 31, 2015.
Over the years there’s been a trend toward declining average starts for racehorses. Dr. Horohov presents possible reasons why.
Regulators have preliminarily adopted a new system of minimum penalties for multiple equine drug violations.
Drs. Rick Sams, Scott Stanley, Mary Robinson, Ken McKeever, and George Maylin have been appointed to the board.
James G. “Jimmy” Bell, president and racing manager of Darley America, has been elected president of the organization.
The policy change date was adjusted to allow more time to clarify certain elements of the new rules.
The sales company is offering the testing based on new rules banning anabolic steroid use in racehorses.
The RCI had invited the RMTC to merge with the former group’s new Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee.
Officials found trace amounts of anticoagulant rodenticide in six horses that died suddenly following exercise.
The Dec. 13 collision led to a horse being euthanized after a race at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
The adoption of new model rules on medication use in racehorses has led to an increase in positive tests in Indiana.
The RCI has asked the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) to merge into a new RCI scientific advisory board.
The organization updated entries on ketoprofen, alclofenac, firocoxib, aminorex, and more.
The Dec. 13 collision led to a horse being euthanized after a race at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will award $2.4 million in grants to its 42 accredited facilities for 2014.
The 103-year-old racetrack received its initial NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance accreditation in 2013.
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