RMTC Discusses Racing Medications, Names Interim Director
The Blood-Horse Staff
April 25, 2012
The board discussed clenbuterol use in racing, firocoxib thresholds, and other horse health related topics.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
The board discussed clenbuterol use in racing, firocoxib thresholds, and other horse health related topics.
The last congressional hearing on horse racing was held in June 2008 and dealt with similar issues.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting April 23-24 in Reno, Nev., can be viewed online.
The proposal was submitted by Saving America’s Mustangs, a nonprofit organization formed by Madeleine Pickens.
The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), as the world governing body of equestrian sport, provides the framework for all FEI events, and central to this framework is horse welfare.
The new convicted trainer rule is part of a process to ban illegal substances from Breeders’ Cup races.
The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia received $5,000 from an anonymous donor to establish the reward.
A Tennessee Walking Horse sustained five gunshot wounds and a Quarter Horse sustained one gun shot wound.
The recent eBay auction brought $6,712.50 in a fundraising effort for the Bluegrass Chapter of the Red Cross.
Someone allegedly transported two horses to a rural location before fatally shooting the animals in the head.
Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator, and it is used in horses with respiratory problems to open the airway.
The tour will include visits to two wild horse long-term holding pastures in El Dorado, Kan.
To be awarded Verified Status an organization must meet GFAS’s peer-reviewed animal care standards.
Erie County would become the fourth New York county to establish a registry for convicted animal abusers.
AHP is seeking participation in its second Equine Industry Survey to gauge trends in the U.S. equine industry.
Broad adoption of the new medication policies hinges on action by regulators in all racing jurisdictions.
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