Association Of Racing Commissioners International

ARCI Model Rule Amendments Published

January 07, 2018

The Association of Racing Commissioners International’s Board of Directors has published the latest revisions to its Model Rules of Racing.

ARCI Call For Breeding, Sales Regulation

December 13, 2017

The Association of Racing Commissioners International is formally calling for the independent regulation of the equine breeding and sales industries.

Committee To Tackle Pressing Issues

December 07, 2017

What defines a horse’s chance to respond after a jockey uses the riding crop in a race? What are the grey areas of out-of-competition drug testing when horses aren’t at a racetrack or have changed tra...

Third-Party Lasix Approved In California

The State of California has officially approved rules establishing that race-day medication must be administered by independent veterinary professionals – further aligning California with the national...

Martin: Let USADA Bid For Testing

Ed Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, closed out the racing regulators’ equine welfare and integrity conference Thursday by urging his member organizations to ...

Colliton New ARCI Chairman

Jeff Colliton has an agenda item he wants accomplished during his one-year term as chairman of the Association of Racing Commissioners International.

Recap: ARCI Conference Day Two

Day Two of Association of Racing Commissioners International 83rd Annual Conference on Equine Welfare and Racing Integrity took place on Wednesday, April 20. The American Quarter Horse Association’s p...

Panel: More Testing, Investigators, Research

Increased out-of-competition testing, investing in additional investigators and research into emerging threats is the most effective way to catch -- and, more importantly, deter -- cheating in horse r...

Matties Joins Panel Discussion

Are our testing laboratories catching the cheaters? And are our racing officials getting it right?

ARCI Appointment For Loney

February 22, 2017

Rhea P. Loney, who led the successful ‘frog juice’ prosecution of Quarter Horse trainers in Louisiana, has been appointed chair of the Association of Racing Commissioners International’s regulatory at...

Policies To Be Reviewed At Conference

February 02, 2017

The 2017 ARCI Conference on Racing Integrity and Equine Welfare will focus on a blunt discussion about what is working and what is not in racing regulation in an ongoing effort to continually strength...

ARCI Integrity Compliance Panel Formed

February 01, 2017

Three highly respected former racing regulators – Steve Barham (OR), Bennett Liebman (NY), and Allan Monat (IL) – will comprise the independent panel the ARCI has formed to certify compliance with key...