Pennsylvania Racehorse Trainer Indicted
Pat Raia
August 14, 2015
The Thoroughbred trainer was indicted on charges connected to illegally administering substances to racehorses.
The Thoroughbred trainer was indicted on charges connected to illegally administering substances to racehorses.
The jumping horses–Nino des Buissonnets, Nasa, and Charivari KG–tested positive for prohibited substances.
Speakers at a meeting agreed that Thoroughbred racing should continue pursuing legislation to reform medication rules.
The tribunal suspended two riders and an owner for 24 months each after their horses tested positive for propoxyphene.
Both riders had been provisionally suspended after their horses tested positive for prohibited substances.
The move follows an investigation into horse welfare issues and noncompliance with FEI endurance rules and regulations.
Thoroughbred trainer Tom Amoss was suspended for 45 days and fined $5,000 for a 2011 positive test for methocarbamol.
The commission suspended clenbuterol use in Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds racing that state though July 2016.
Codeine, oripavine, and morphine were found in samples from three jumping horses.
The legislation would establish an independent authority to implement a national uniform racehorse medication program.
Indiana racing officials suspended Bradley Moffitt following a positive drug test for darbepoetin alfa (DPO).
The racehorse welfare and safety summit also covered racetrack surfaces, continuing education, and more.
Racing jurisdictions in nine states have now adopted the program in its entirety.
The IHRC’s former primary laboratory missed seven positive drug tests, including one for a Class 1 drug.
The coalition supports national oversight of uniform medication standards in Thoroughbred racing.
Discussion topics ranged from medications in racing and sport horse fields to equine insurance provisions, and more.
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