According to the Paulick report (EPO and Aranesp in Horse Racing) , the use of EPO or Aranesp (illegal blood doping agents) has been found in race horses in out of competition testing at The Red Mile in Kentucky.
Unfortunately, due to the oversight in the rule books of racing in Kentucky, there is no provision for testing out of competition, the trainers involved in these positive tests may not be prosecuted.
We can all hope that all racing regulatory bodies see the urgency and seriousness of this type of difficult to detect horse doping and all work together to expand testing and see to it that any violators are punished with the most severity possible. There is no room in horse racing for trainers that are willing to use powerful drugs that are currently not being detected well, so those that are caught need to be punished with lifetime suspensions in many observors’ opinion.
There is interesting discussion on the race doping subject on a standardbred message board called horseplop, red mile positives at Lexington, but it remains whether they are just speculations or not.
Harness racing could be coming to Quinte West. Although the possibility of harness racing coming to the city is still a long shot, officials at Monday’s council meeting said they will make every effort to accommodate the association. Officials with the Ontario Harness Racing Association approached the [...]
His horse was runner-up in the race he might have wanted to win more than any other. But the second day of harness racing at the Seneca County Fairgrounds still belonged to Republic’s Ryan Stahl and his family.
Monday wasn’t just another day at the office for Peter Wrenn, a long-time harness racing driver, trainer and owner. Wrenn raced horses at the Michigan Harness Horseman’s Association Silver Circuit event Monday afternoon at the Ottawa County Fair. Then, he traveled to Hazel Park Monday for three more races. “It was a little busier than usual,” said Wrenn’s wife, Melanie. “It …
The Stawell Harness Racing Club has gained approval to proceed with a fauna and flora study at the Stawell racecourse.
Online betting site Betfair calls for more harness racing after more than £80,000 was wagered on the race at Kempton last week
Saturday night at the Meadowlands, Somebeachsomewhere was supposed to solidify his place among harness racing’s all-time elite performers. Too bad for him, Ron Pierce wasn’t on board with that.
For Republic’s Ryan Stahl, 2007 proved to be a banner year on the harness racing tracks, as he vaulted himself into the state’s top echelon of drivers.
The five sons of the late Art Rooney Sr. oversee a sprawling empire that includes at least two dozen corporations in fields as diverse as dog racing, restaurants and electrical contracting. One piece, a casino and harness racing track at the northern edge of New York City, raked in more than $400 million last year.
The harness racing program slated for Saturday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair was postponed due to rain and track conditions.