US Jockey Club to lobby for federal racing legislation

Ogden Mills Phipps

The States Jockey Club volition seek federal laws to convey uniformity to racing across the country.

Club chairman Ogden Mills Phipps said patch thoroughbred racing had made strides to a greater extent than or less medication reform, federal legislation was needed to raise safety, integrity together with the perception of racing.

Phipps, addressing a Jockey Club round-table conference inwards New York, said the organization would broaden its efforts past times developing a strategy that would include a force for federal laws.

“Our horsemen together with our customers all deserve a degree playing field, amongst uniform rules together with build clean competition,” he said.

“We require the National Uniform Medication Program to last implemented inwards every racing state. We require uniformity of rules together with greatly improved lab standards. We require a penalization construction that is rigid plenty to last a meaningful deterrent — non ane that would permit a trainer to amass literally dozens of violations over the course of pedagogy of his career together with maintain training.

“And, nosotros require to eliminate the operate of all drugs on race day.”

Phipps reiterated the comments he made inwards March: “With the security of our horses, the integrity of contest together with the full general perception of the sport all at risk, nosotros cannot afford to hold back whatever longer.”

He said the organization would maintain to advocate for reform inwards many province legislatures across the country, including Florida, New York together with Texas.

Representatives of The Jockey Club volition likewise maintain to piece of employment closely amongst racing commissions throughout the country.

“As is the example amongst whatever first created, embraced or supported past times The Jockey Club, nosotros volition produce what nosotros recollect is inwards the best involvement of this industry.

“This is, together with volition maintain to be, a serious, multi-pronged endeavour to hand the reform nosotros need.”

Phipps made his address to the organisation’s 62nd Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing directly subsequently vice-chairman Stuart S. Janney III delivered a progress written report on medication reform.

Janney, who chairs the club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee, noted that:

• Nine of 38 states select fully implemented a two-tier drug classification scheme (controlled therapeutic medications together with prohibited substances).
• Twelve of 38 states select implemented a scheme inwards which direction of furosemide is administered exclusively past times veterinarians designated past times the local regulatory authority.
• Five drug-testing labs, roofing racing inwards 21 states, select been fully accredited past times the Racing Medication together with Testing Consortium.
• Six of 38 states select adopted the novel Racing Commissioners International Penalty Guidelines for Multiple Medication Violations.
• Five states – Delaware, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Dakota together with Virginia – select adopted all 4 phases of the National Uniform Medication Program.

“There are those who await at these numbers together with believe that, given time, this manufacture volition hand uniformity, that uniformity is only to a greater extent than or less the corner,” Janney said. “I wishing I did. We are meliorate than earlier but it would last a stretch to telephone phone it uniformity.”

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