Drug Testing

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 ...

A bill that's currently circulating would shift the cost of drug testing from the horse racing commission to the owners of the horses that race there.

It has been reported that a handful of Pennsylvania Senators have announced that they will be pushing for increased oversight of the state’s horse racing industry.

"Those who consistently promote the concept that horse racing has a bigger problem than other sports are doing do a disservice and potentially damage racing’s efforts to compete in the marketplace.”

Racing Commissioners International has announced that it has voted to create a penalty point system and 'enhanced' suspensions for trainers with multiple medication violations.

Reports of federal legislation to be introduced next week in the United Stated have raised concerns that the bill being considered would weaken the current anti-doping program in horse racing.

In a bold move towards the uniform regulation of medication and drug testing in North American racing, the regulators of eight states in the Mid Atlantic and Northeast United States have committed to ...

The Board of Directors of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) has voted to direct its committees to develop a “One Strike, You’re Out” proposal for those licensees found to be responsible for put...

Noting that the Olympic Games commencing this week in London permit some athletes to compete with performance enhancing drugs in their systems, Ed Martin, President of Racing Commissioners Internation...

On Thursday, July 12, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a lengthy hearing entitled 'Medication and Performance Enhancing Drugs in Horse Racing.'

At the most recent United States Trotting Association annual meeting in February, USTA President Phil Langley appointed a committee of horsemen and track operators to study drug testing and to investi...