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Arthur: Post Story Questioning Justify Case Was A Plant From Ruis Legal Team Sponsored by: Dr. Rick Arthur, CHRB's equine medical director In the second of a two-part question and answer with the Thoroughbred Daily News, retiring California equine medical director Dr. Rick Arthur casts doubt on the origins of new reporting on the 2018 Justify scopolamine case. Arthur, who has served in the role 15 years, was the subject of a critical report by the Washington Post in late June suggesting that he had deliberately stalled the investigative process of Justify's scopolamine overage until...

Records Reveal New Details About CHRB Investigation Of Justify Case Sponsored by: Trainer Bob Baffert with Triple Crown winner Justify As California Horse Racing Board officials investigated a scopolamine positive from eventual 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, they seem to have delayed the process to let the race series finish. A report published June 29 by the Washington Post revealed new details about the case, which originated from a positive post-race test after the 2018 Santa Anita Derby and was kept secret until a New York Times report published in 2019. It's well known now i...

Sponsored by: Jeff Blea, DVM Dr. Jeff Blea will assume the responsibilities of Equine Medical Director for the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) on July 1, replacing Dr. Rick Arthur, who retires June 30 after serving 15 years as EMD. In addition to advising the Board on matters pertaining to equine health and welfare, Dr. Blea will help oversee the CHRB's drug testing program, work with investigators on medication violations, liaise with those peers directing programs at the University of California, Davis, including the Postmortem Program, and work with Official Veterinarians in...

PETA Criticizes California Horse Racing Board Over Bob Baffert - Arcadia, CA - The group slammed the board for allowing Baffert to race horses at Arcadia's Santa Anita Park after Medina Spirit had a positive drug test.

Save this story for later. What happened at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in late 2019 looked like the end of horse racing in California, maybe in America. It was the twelfth and final race of a two-day series, at Santa Anita Park, the storied track near Los Angeles. Sixty-eight thousand people packed the Art Deco grandstand, the apron, the infield, the high-priced suites. The “handle”—the total betting for the day—was a healthy hundred and seventeen million dollars, but thoroughbred racing itself was on life support. Since the beginning of the year, thirty-five horses had d...