USADA chairman Moses will speak at The Jockey Club Round Table

Edwin Moses, the two-time Olympic gold medal winner who now is chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, will be one of two featured speakers at this year’s Jockey Club Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Aug. 9 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., The Jockey Club announced Friday.

Moses, who has an MBA and studied physics in college, has been chairman of the USADA since 2012, and he formerly served on a variety of panels and within organizations involved in regulating drugs and medications in sports. The USADA is a private, nonprofit company, and The Jockey Club has been seeking to have the company appointed through federal legislation as the national overseer of drug-testing and medication regulations for horse racing in the U.S.

“Edwin Moses was at the forefront of promoting uniform drug-testing programs in track and field, and we look forward to hearing his perspective as horse racing looks to join forces with USADA to establish national uniform drug testing,” said Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, chairman of The Jockey Club.

Three years ago, the keynote speaker at the round table was Travis Tygart, chief executive of the USADA.

The other featured speaker this year will be outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, whose second term ends early next year. Beshear has not been directly involved in many horseracing initiatives, though as governor of the leading Thoroughbred breeding state, his policies have had a significant impact on one of Kentucky’s signature industries.

“In Gov. Beshear’s tenure as governor, he has demonstrated his understanding and deep appreciation of the Thoroughbred industry, and we are fortunate to have him at the round table conference to share his thoughts about the sport,” Phipps said.

A handful of The Jockey Club executives also will give presentations during the conference, which typically lasts two hours guided by a tightly scripted schedule. Among those presentations, James Gagliano, chief operating officer of The Jockey Club, will provide an update on a coalition The Jockey Club has put together to seek support for the USADA federal legislation, while Matt Iuliano, the executive director of The Jockey Club, will announce two new recommendations from the organization’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee, The Jockey Club said.

In addition, Dr. Kathy Andersen, the president-elect of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, will outline a 10-point plan recently released by the organization on medication reforms supported by the organization. The plan most prominently stated the AAEP will begin an effort to identify alternatives to the race-day use of the regulated anti-bleeding medication furosemide, also known as Lasix. The Jockey Club supports a ban on the race-day use of the drug.