The changes encourage governing jurisdictions to adopt RMTC criteria pertaining to official drug testing laboratories.
Preliminary results suggest cobalt could have detrimental effects on a number of equine body systems.
The FEI said a jumper and an endurance horse tested positive, and they issued decisions in other cases.
The drug, AH-7921, is one of the novel psychoactive substances that continue to emerge onto the designer drug market.
The USEF approved a rule change which expands the range of responsible parties for drug and medication violations.
The show jumping horse Felix Van De Mispelaere tested positive for vasodilator minoxidil.
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s drug testing lab is the seventh such to achieve this status.
Further, an Emirates Equestrian Federation official was provisionally suspended for failing to observe the FEI rules.
The legislation would establish an independent authority to implement a national uniform racehorse medication program.
LG Muneerah’s sample was positive for guanabenz, a sedative with analgesic effects.
The FEI determined that feed contaminated with poppy seeds was responsible for three horses’ positive drug tests.
Salahdin Du Lauragais tested positive for the banned substance reserpine, a long-lasting tranquilizer.
The committee will begin work immediately and report to the ARCI Board of Directors in December.
Harness tracks The Meadowlands, Tioga Downs, and Vernon Downs support enhanced testing standards, their owner said.
The research will begin once the five Standardbreds to be used in the study have cleared a routine quarantine.
The triple quadrupole mass spectrometer will be used to screen for new drugs alleged to be used in horse racing.
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