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Race Day medication reform Horse Racing
From: gerchgo
8/27/16
I don't think it's cost prohibitive, not like a special test, more like a regular blood test I think?
From: gerchgo
9/26/16
Thank you Chris McCarron for voicing this to the audience that needed to hear this! And congrats on your being honored!
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/mccarron-drugs-dont-kill-horses-people-kill-horses/
From: Amy (1pony)
9/26/16
Good For Chris!! I wish it would get to the right people and get them off their butts!!
From: Amy (1pony)
12/5/16
Ward Joins Water, Hay, and Oats Alliance
Retired classic winning trainer and former executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission John Ward has joined the Water, Hay, and Oats Alliance, which supports federal intervention to bring about national uniformity in medication policy. Ward also previously served as chairman of the Association of Racing Commissioners International.
Read more from BloodHorse.comFrom: Amy (1pony)
5/8/17
Long-Time Owner-Breeder Brady Joins WHOA
In joining the Water Hay Oats Alliance, former U.S. Senator and active Thoroughbred owner and breeder Nicholas F. Brady called on the industry to come together.
Read more from BloodHorse.comFrom: Amy (1pony)
8/8/17
I am proud of New Mexico for taking this step in out of competition testing. It will help the trainers and owners who train in NM win races that in the past were won by shippers from Texas IMHO.
Four Quarter Horses Fail New Hair Testing in New Mexico
Of the first six Quarter Horses subjected to out-of-competition testing using horse hair analysis in New Mexico, four tested positive for Clenbuterol.
Read more from BloodHorse.comFrom: gerchgo
8/8/17
How long does it take for drugs to show up in hair? Do they compensate for drug therapy prior to a return to training? What if a worker transfers something from their hands to a horses' body/hair?
From: Amy (1pony)
8/8/17
I think mostly they are looking for Anabolic Steroids, I believe they show up right away and they show up longer than a blood sample does. Transfer from a person to the hair is less likely to occur making this a safer procedure.