Out Of Competition Testing

Quarter Horse Hair Sample Testing

January 07, 2019

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has announced that enhanced testing for Clenbuterol in Quarter Horses will continue in the 2019 racing season, and will expand to include the collection an...

Out Of Competition Testing Input Sought

August 23, 2018

Ohio State Racing Commission Chairman Robert Schmitz is seeking input from both Standardbred and Thoroughbred horsepeople regarding Out of Competition Testing.

New Medication, Testing Rules In PA

September 27, 2017

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding has announced that aggressive new regulations instituted by the state Horse Racing Commission are proving effective in strengthening the integrity of...

Out-Of-Competition Testing Reminder

A reminder The Meadowlands is requiring that all horses entered in the stakes listed below be stabled at an approved training facility within a 150-mile radius (as the crow flies) of The Meadowlands o...

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Requirements For ‘Hambo Day’ Stakes

The Meadowlands Racetrack is requiring that all horses entered in the stakes listed in this notice be stabled at an approved training facility within a 150-mile radius of the Meadowlands or in the sta...

‘Big M’s Out Of Comp. Testing Details

Officials with the Meadowlands Racetrack have released some specific out-of-competition rules for horses that are expecting to be taking part in some of the track’s biggest stakes events.

Crown Horses Negative For Blood Doping

October 28, 2016

All 117 horses entered in the Breeders Crown events this weekend have been subjected to out-of-competition testing by the New Jersey Racing Commission.

Out-Of-Competition Rule Revision Efforts

The Model Rules Committee of the ARCI has moved closer to a revision of the Model Rules to facilitate an expansion of out-of-competition testing by forming a subgroup of regulators involving several i...

Who Should Pay For Drug Testing?

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.

ORC Announces Effective Dates For New Rules

January 04, 2012

Following the completion of the public consultation process, the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has announced the effective dates of new and modified rules of racing

Supreme Court Strikes Down Testing Rules

August 19, 2011

After an over three-year battle led by the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, and joined by the Empire State Harness Horsemen’s Alliance (comprised of the representative horsemen’s associa...

Out Of Comp. Testing In South Florida

February 25, 2010

Pompano Park has announced that out of competition testing for standardbreds will be implemented next week

Bills Filed In Kentucky

February 24, 2009

According to a report on courier-journal.com, Kentucky house speaker Larry Clark yesterday filed three bills. The bills propose increased takeout, taxes, and out-of-comp