At today’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting: a new quality assurance program in equine testing, a sharp rise in Timonium handle, and more.
The West Virginia Racing Commission — one of four Midlantic states to use Truesdail Labs for equine drug testing — voted yesterday to replace them.
Indiana’s revelation that one of racing’s most widely used testing labs missed seven positives, including a Class 1, demands action by the states.
Indiana terminated Truesdail Laboratories after it missed three positives. That’s cause for concern for four Midlantic racing commissions which employ Truesdail.
Four Midlantic states are served by accredited labs following today’s Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) announcement of three newcomers.
The Maryland Racing Commission has retained a new, accredited lab to test urine and blood specimens taken from horses racing in the Free State.