The 10th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit focused on how racing is using data to promote the health of its equine and human athletes.
To his humans, Dinosaur Ben wasn’t just another horse. That’s why saying goodbye — twice, in a sense — was so hard.
The Stronach Group and other stakeholders will fund a study to determine whether Lasix reduces bleeding in two-year-olds and if it affects performance.
Laurel Park will offer its first baby races of 2020 — Lasix-free — as extras for its August 7 card, but the fate of a Lasix study was less clear.
The Stronach Group announced it will prevent horses formerly trained by several trainers indicted on Monday from running for a 60-day “stand-down” period.
The 2020 Pegasus World Cup will include a reduced $3 million purse — and for the first time, no raceday Lasix for participants.
National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) are teaming up to hold a June conference for racetrack vets.
Mike Hopkins of the Maryland Racing Commission and the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium were honored by the Association of Racing Commissioners International.
Two national racing organizations have come together to promote best practices in test barn management and chain of custody of drug samples.
With its moves in late July, the Pennsylvania Racing Commission made the state the 10th to adopt all tenets of the national uniform medication program.