Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field are taking another step forward with the launch of a new anti-doping program.
In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, The Chosen Vron and jockey Hector I. Berrios, left, battle Indian Peak, with Juan Hernadez, as The Chosen Vron goes on to win the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes horse race Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
“It’s one standard. You can be in Kentucky, you can be in Ohio, you can be in California and you’re going to be judged by the same standard,” HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus said. In Arizona, Illinois and Ohio, there is no signed voluntary agreement with HISA, so it contracted directly with either current staff or hired its own personnel to collect samples. Post-race testing only in New York will be handled this way.
“For the first time, racing’s labs will be harmonized and held to the same performance standards nationwide,” said Ben Mosier, executive director of the enforcement agency. “Thoroughbred racehorses will be tested for the same substances at the same levels, regardless of where they are located or compete.”
Last year, a federal appeals court ruled it unconstitutional, saying Congress gave too much authority to the group it established to oversee the racing industry. Congress tweaked the wording of the original legislation to fix that. It also gave the Federal Trade Commission the authority to oversee HISA.to HISA resulted in the federal appeals court preventing it from operating, so state regulations will continue to govern the sport.
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