The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced its approval of a tranche of new rules governing the Anti-Doping and Medication Control program of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, setting in motion a new era of horse-racing regulation in the U.S.
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Monday, March 27, is the day that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the national regulatory company created by federal legislation passed late in 2020, plans to implement its Anti-Doping and Medication Control program (ADMC) – provided it receives approval for the program’s rules from a federal agency. If the approval is granted, the implementation of the program will usher in a new era for Thoroughbred racing, in which one institution, rather than each U.S. racing state, will take responsibility for the sport’s drug-testing and enforcement programs, its investigations, and its adjudications of medication and drug violations.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved an agreement to cooperate with the regulatory plans of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, but the approval came with several caveats.
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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has ordered Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., to make repairs to its rails by the end of March 31 or forfeit the ability to send its signal out-of-state until the repairs are completed, according to a ruling issued by an internal panel of board members at HISA.
The equine fatality rate at North American Thoroughbred racetracks fell to its lowest rate yet in 2022, to 1.25 horses per 1,000 starts, the fourth consecutive year that rate has fallen, according to data released Monday by The Jockey Club.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has released a document containing recommendations to veterinarians and horsemen on when to refrain from administering regulated medications to avoid positive tests in horses when a new testing regimen led by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority goes into effect.
The California Horse Racing Board voted 5-1 on Thursday to allow the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale and Golden Gate Fields in Albany to run concurrently on the final weekend of August this year.
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A state regulatory board with oversight powers over the New York Racing Association on Wednesday approved a list of capital projects that includes the installation of a synthetic track at Belmont Park and the replacement of the structure holding the saddling stalls at Saratoga Race Course.
The Kentucky House passed a bill on Tuesday that would give state racetracks the ability to offer sports betting, but the legislation is still just short of the votes needed to pass the Senate under rules for sessions held in odd-numbered years.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will launch a program to provide mental-health resources to jockeys in partnership with The Jockeys’ Guild, the two organizations said Tuesday.
