Rmtc

$250K In Funding For Integrity Research

February 17, 2019

It has been announced that a pair of tactical research projects aimed to ultimately eradicate the use of blood doping and nerve blocking in racehorses has received a combined quarter-million dollars i...

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...

Glaucine Positives Addressed In NY

February 16, 2017

On Thursday, February 16, the New York State Gaming Commission announced significant, nation-leading action in addressing the presence of the alkaloid glaucine in the urine and plasma of racehorses.

Glaucine Testing Recommendations

February 09, 2017

The RMTC board granted Interim Accreditation to the University of Illinois at Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory at its February 6 meeting at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

New Consortium, NTRA Test Barn Rules

December 08, 2016

On Wednesday, December 8, the Racing Medication & Testing Consortium (RMTC) and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) released a new set of test barn and chain of custody recommendat...

Dr. Cooper Joins Glaucine Task Force

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has added a member to its task force charged with reviewing information on glaucine and addressing the issue of recent positives for the substance.

Medication And Testing Consortium News

October 15, 2015

At its October 13 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) took several actions that will improve the health and safety of horses, and...

California Cobalt Limit Now In Effect

October 09, 2015

A cobalt limit went into effect October 5 in California horse racing following the Office of Administrative Law’s (OAL) approval of a regulatory amendment adopted by the California Horse Racing Board ...

More On Ohio Medication Discussions

Earlier this year, the Ohio State Racing Commission began hearing presentations from a wide variety of individuals concerning the development of model medication rules based upon scientific and fact-b...

Cobalt Threshold Recommended

The board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium announced on Thursday, March 26 that a uniform threshold for cobalt regulation in the United States was approved at its regularly...

Medication Reforms Make Progress

December 09, 2014

The horse racing industry made significant progress toward the uniform adoption of national medication reforms in 2014, as regulators in multiple jurisdictions adopted model rules developed by the Rac...

Recap Of Consortium Board’s Review

October 17, 2014

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...

Regulators Weigh Cobalt Options

August 05, 2014

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...