New penalty system aims to crack down on errant trainers

A novel penalisation scheme for North American racing designed to cut down positive drug tests together with position together with penalize trainers amongst multiple medication infractions has been given preliminary approving past times the Racing Medication together with Testing Consortium (RMTC).

The consortium’s board gave its preliminary approving to the Multiple Violation Penalty (MVP) system.

It was developed past times the consortium’s Penalties Subcommittee – a grouping created inwards reply to recommendations past times participants of the June 2011 International Summit on Race Day Medication who called for stricter penalties for repeat medication offenders.

Highlights of the points-based MVP scheme are:

• A trainer volition incur points on his/her licensing tape for each medication violation.
• Points for each medication are based on the ARCI [Association of Racing Commissioners International] Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances together with the Penalty Category.
• Points for violations involving medications non on the newly created Controlled Therapeutic Substances List are doubled.
• Trainers who incur sufficient MVP points volition hold upwardly required to serve mandatory suspensions inwards add-on to the penalisation required for the underlying violation.
• Mandatory suspensions resulting from the MVP scheme attain from thirty to 360 days.
• MVP suspensions are additional to whatever suspensions and/or fines incurred for the underlying medication infractions.
• The MVP scheme requires jurisdictions to consider a trainer’s medication tape inwards all racing jurisdictions.
• Trainers volition hold upwardly able to cause got to a greater extent than or less violations expunged for build clean records over a catamenia of time.

“The adoption together with implementation of the MVP scheme is the tertiary together with almost critical slice of the novel Uniform Medication together with Drug Testing scheme for racing,” said consortium vice-chairman together with Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Chairman Alan Foreman, Esquire, who heads the Penalties Subcommittee.

“When fully implemented, the MVP system, combined amongst the express designation of Controlled Therapeutic Substances together with the RMTC Laboratory Accreditation Program, volition let North American racing to uniformly cut down medication violations, standardize drug testing across jurisdictions, lift the character of our testing, together with enable regulators to position repeat violators together with number penalties that are meaningful together with a deterrent.

“This volition hold upwardly of non bad produce goodness to the horsemen, the regulatory community, the wellness together with welfare of our horses, together with the betting world who back upwardly our sport.”

RMTC Executive Director together with main operating officeholder Dr Dionne Benson explained: “The MVP scheme provides a uncomplicated together with straightforward method to bargain amongst multiple medication offenders, regardless of the type of violation or the place of each violation. This is a huge pace for racing together with the command of medication inwards our sport.”

The proposed MVP scheme was presented past times Foreman inwards Apr at the RCI’s [Association of Racing Commissioners International] annual coming together together with is beingness reviewed throughout the industry. The RMTC is examining manufacture comments together with volition operate amongst RCI over the side past times side calendar month to refine the scheme earlier giving its finally approval.

Representatives of the Mid-Atlantic states together with manufacture organizations supporting the of late announced Mid-Atlantic Uniform Medication together with Drug Testing Program are coming together inwards Delaware on June 10 to review together with hash out the proposed MVP scheme together with to update the progress on implementing the entire uniform program.

The RMTC consists of 24 racing manufacture stakeholders together with organizations that stand upwardly for Thoroughbred, Standardbred, Quarter Horse together with Arabian racing. The arrangement plant to develop together with promote uniform rules, policies together with testing standards at the national level, coordinate query together with educational programs that seek to ensure the integrity of racing together with the wellness together with welfare of racehorses together with participants; together with protect the interests of the racing public.

 

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