Cobalt

On Monday, January 12, the Indiana Horse Racing Commission sent out a release stating that testing under Indiana’s cobalt regulation has shown a substantial decrease in cobalt abuse.

Prominent Québec racehorse owner Richard Berthiaume says the owner of The Meadowlands racetrack can bar his horses if he wants to, but "don't sully my name and reputation or put my integrity in doubt....

Tom Charters, president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society, which owns and administrates the Breeders Crown races, issued a statement on Friday evening regarding test results that indicated two horse...

On Friday, January 9, officials with the Meadowlands Racetrack announced that a pair of horses trained by Corey Johnson that participated in the Breeders Crown at the East Rutherford, New Jersey track...

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Equine Medical Director Dr. Mary Scollay has told a legislative subcommittee in the state that new research is showing that the use of cobalt on equines could contribu...

A review by the board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) of state-by-state adoption of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) National Uniform Med...

On Tuesday, September 30, the results of an intensive, United States Trotting Association-funded scientific study intended to ascertain the appropriate regulatory level for determining the excessive p...

At its September 4, 2014 public meeting, the Indiana Horse Racing Commission voted 3-0 to approve rules to regulate cobalt levels in race horses.

On Thursday, September 4, the New York State Gaming Commission announced that it will issue a standard 10-year suspension to anyone that violates the harness racing rule prohibiting the use of substan...

North American racing regulators have decided to consider the results of two scientific research studies that have been commissioned to help detect the deliberate administration of cobalt in racehorse...

The Association of Racing Commissioners International has issued an announcement commending the United States Trotting Association for its funding of research in regard to the testing of cobalt in rac...

The United States Trotting Association (USTA) announced today that it will fund and work in partnership with Dr. George Maylin from the New York Drug Testing and Research Program at Morrisville State ...