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Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program.

Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program, two months ahead of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.

Horse racing's efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program.

Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program. It’s an attempt to centralize the drug testing of racehorses and manage the results, as well as dole out uniform penalties to horses and trainers instead of the current patchwork rules that vary from state to state.

The stakes are set for another season of live racing at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., with the 2023 spring season set for March 6 through May 17.

A riding double Friday gave Kylee Jordan nine victories at the 2022-2023 Oaklawn meeting, one more than her total last season when she debuted in Hot Springs as an apprentice jockey.

“These rules enable stewards to hold the culpable party responsible – that is, the jockey – without penalizing those who owned, conditioned and supported the best horse in the race,” said steward David Moore.

Kelly Cathey has accepted the director of racing position and will oversee the operation for all breeds competing at Remington

A month after being summarily suspended by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, jockey Cody Rodger Smith has been charged with a felony related to use of a buzzer in a horse race on Nov. 15, 2022.

After a breakout 2022, highlighted by riding titles at Will Rogers Downs and Prairie Meadows, Jordan will learn Saturday morning if her resume was strong enough to be named one of three finalists for an Eclipse Award as the country’s outstanding apprentice jockey.