RCI To Tackle Shadow Training?

Published: December 9, 2008 01:53 pm EST

According to a report, the Racing Commissioners International Model Rules Committee this week discussed a possible model rule that would prevent suspended trainers from making any decisions related to horse they formerly trained.

In a Thoroughbred Times article posted yesterday, RCI president Ed Martin commented on the problem of suspended trainers simply passing horses in their care over to friends and relatives while they are under suspension.

Martin stated that the Committee did not reach any final decisions on a new rule during its meeting, but that the topic will be touched upon in a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 10.

“These horses are trained by someone else in name only while the suspended trainer continues to control how those horses are managed,” Martin was quoted as saying. “The owner needs to transfer horses to someone of his or her choosing and not of the trainer’s choosing.”

In addition to suspended trainer issue, whipping in both standardbred and thoroughbred racing is also a topic expected to be broached on Wednesday.

(With files from Thoroughbred Times)

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