EDRC Approves Lab Switch For Kentucky Post-Race Testing Sponsored by:
The Equine Drug Research Council, a committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, unanimously voted to approve a switch from Industrial Laboratories to a new facility at the University of Kentucky for the state s pre- and post-race drug testing. The UK Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab is overseen by Dr. Scott Stanley, formerly the director of the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab at University of California-Davis.
At a regularly scheduled meeting of the committee last week, Stanley reported that the lab has invested $2.5 million in new equipment in the last year or so, and is involved in construction on a new facility. Currently, the lab manages testing for the United States Equestrian Federation. Stanley said the lab has spent the past year and a half validating testing methods.
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Trainer Karl Broberg
Leading North American trainer Karl Broberg is calling for a change in the testing laboratory in Louisiana after learning that split samples from a horse in his barn that originally tested positive for three drugs – including a Class 1 that he said would have been a “career ender” for him – all came back negative.
Broberg, ranked first or second in North American wins each year since 2013, was notified by stewards at Delta Downs in late December that Tiz One Fee, a 7-year-old Louisiana-bred mare who was one of four winners he saddled on opening night at the Vinton, La., track on Nov. 24, tested positive for the Class 1 drug oxycodone, Class 2 drug levamisole and Class 2 drug citalopram. The classifications are defined by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, with Class 1 being the most severe drug category in racing.
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