Friday, April 04, 2014

Groups Step Up Call for Model Racehorse Drug Rules

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Tom LaMarra
Mar 24, 2014

Racing industry organizations have stepped up their call for swift adoption of national model rules on medication and drug testing in the wake of investigations into allegations of mistreatment and over-medication of Thoroughbred racehorses.

Trainer Steve Asmussen and assistant trainer Scott Blasi were the subjects of a 2013 undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which alleges over-medication and mistreatment. Documentation of the allegations, as well as video, were turned over to regulators in Kentucky and New York...

Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/33585/groups-step-up-call-for-model-racehorse-drug-rules?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=welfare-industry&utm_campaign=03-27-2014

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