Kentucky looks at “rapid response” drug investigations
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission staff is looking for a way to respond to new medication threats in a more timely fashion. KHRC Executive Director John Ward outlined an idea last week to the...
View ArticleThe answer to a persistent Lasix question
An open records request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has produced the name of the fired veterinarian who mistakenly gave the same horse two shots of the anti-bleeding drug furosemide in...
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What would Oprah say, “babe”
The convergence in time of Tour de France winner (can we still call him winner?) Lance 2008 Courier-Journal file photo Armstrong’s mea-coulpa interview with Oprah Winfrey and Kentucky Derby winning...
View ArticleGuild endorses The Jockey Club’s uniform medications rules with major asterisk
The Jockeys’ Guild announced Tuesday that its leadership has endorsed The Jockey Club’s uniform medication rules and penalties. But the endorsement of the breed registrar’s plan has a major asterisk...
View ArticleDarley exec’s departure latest salvo in furosemide debate
The chief operating officer of Darley, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s breeding operation, announced Sunday that he is quitting the Breeders’ Cup Ltd. board because of the Lexington, Ky.-based...
View ArticleKentucky appellate court overturns vet’s suspension for cobra venom
Here is the ruling from the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturning Dr. Rodney Stewart’s suspension. 2010-CA-001929 The court held that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s rules are overly vague. Pin It
View ArticlePurina prohibition over in California
The California Horse Racing Board announced an end Wednesday to a prohibition on Purina feed products after the regulators got assurances — and testing confirmed — that feed made at Purina’s Turlock...
View ArticleWhither Dutrow?
Today’s hearing of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s License Review Committee features the license application of trainer Rodolfo “Rudy” Rodriguez as the main item of media interest. Rodriguez, a...
View ArticleTrainer whose employee had vodka-filled syringe in horse’s stall denied license
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s License Review Committee denied a request to be re-licensed by trainer Jeffery Scott Raley,who was suspended after an employee was found in Raley’s horse’s stall...
View ArticleSpecial treatment for Vyjack trainer?
Two divergent viewpoints became clear while watching Twitter reactions Tuesday on whether the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission License Review Committee should license Rodolfo “Rudy” Rodriguez, the...
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Rapid response test development plan gets first OK
A so-called rapid response plan to improve drug testing in Kentucky received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s Equine Drug KHRC member Ned Bonnie expresses...
View ArticleRacing’s drug testing catch-all clause
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s work to develop a “rapid response” protocol to develop new drug tests to find new threats to the integrity of racing led to a question that I didn’t know had...
View ArticleShock wave therapy draws scrutiny from Kentucky regulators
Virtually everyone in the debate on shock wave therapy agrees there’s a valid benefit to using it on thoroughbreds. Here is the article in today’s paper, and accompanying video, about the discussions...
View ArticleFrankfort-speak
When legislative sessions come to their merciful end in Frankfort, most of us in the media begin to wonder what got slipped into a bill that we didn’t catch. And many more examples exist of a poorly...
View ArticleRacing commission approves quick-response drug investigation plan
Besides reinstating Sign’s win in last year’s Pocahontas Stakes, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved the concept Wednesday of a rapid response drug investigation plan, aimed at finding tests...
View ArticleAuthorized agents aren’t just an auction term
It’s common in the thoroughbred sales world for an agent to negotiate or bid on behalf of a buyer and negotiate or promote a horse on behalf of a seller. And sometimes a buyer ends up with a horse...
View ArticlePick of the Week: The Un-DQ Edition
For those new to the blog, from time to time a pick of the week is offered that isn’t so much a premonition of equine excellence but, instead, is a humorous look back at the week’s news. The...
View ArticleOpen records and the KHRC
This post is about a request for a record given to members of two public bodies, in the consideration and approval of a new Kentucky Horse Racing Commission drug testing policy. The rapid response...
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A dissent in the international chorus of opposition to raceday medication
The international drumbeat against U.S. medication rules has been fairly consistent. And Golfer Gary Player in a 1958 Courier-Journal file photo from a tournament at Seneca Park golf course in...
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Clocker time-fixing allegations part of Pennsylvania racing scandal
So much for a quiet Friday … The feds today conducted a round-up at Penn National Race Course arresting parties in an investigation that alleges trainers drugged their horses and a clocker took money...
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