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Sponsored by: Jeff Blea, DVM Dr. Jeff Blea has been a trusted voice in the California horse racing industry for decades, and in July he will become the veterinary voice of the California Horse Racing Board upon the long-planned retirement of Dr. Rick Arthur from the critically important position of Equine Medical Director (EMD). While Dr. Blea has been committed to his thriving veterinary practice on the Southern California thoroughbred circuit, he recently decided he could be a more valuable resource to the equine veterinary profession and provide greater assistance in the advancem...

Sponsored by: At Thursday's regularly scheduled telephonic meeting of the California Horse Racing Board – where things got a little chippy from time to time – commissioner Oscar Gonzales led a silly, counterproductive fight to delay approval of an agenda item that any right-thinking horse racing regulatory board would have rubber-stamped in a matter of minutes. The item was simple enough, really nothing more than a housekeeping detail. The board was asked to consider whether to approve an amendment to the CHRB's drug classifications to update the “alphabetical substances list�...

Share Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans: Louisiana does not have a voided claim rule. Photo: Lou Hodges Jr Two horses fell during the first full week of racing starting at the end of last month at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. That contrasts greatly with the recent experience at Del Mar and Santa Anita, which registered just a single catastrophic injury between them over the past few months of racing (and training) during late summer and autumn meets. A vote in favor of stricter rules, stricter monitoring, drug free racing perhaps? Early days, but permitted levels of raceday non-steroidal ...

Horsetalk.co.nz Drug test warning: Research ongoing into effects of CBD on competition horses The effects of non-psychoactive CBD products in horses remains the subject of ongoing research. © Horsetalk.co.nz Riders of competition horses across all spheres run the risk of a failed drug test if they give their animals non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) products. There is a growing worldwide market for cannabidiol products among people as authorities around the world ease restriction on its use as a supplement, or for medicinal use. Cannabidiol is found in cannabis. It is derived from ...

View From The Eighth Pole: Veering Off Into La-La Land Sponsored by: Justify winning the 2018 Santa Anita Derby I seriously doubt if trainer Bob Baffert or anyone in his stable knowingly gave scopolamine to Justify prior to his victory in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 7, 2018. But the drug showed up above the threshold limit in post-race testing for both the eventual Triple Crown winner and for Hoppertunity, another Baffert runner, who won the G3 Tokyo City Cup the following day at the Arcadia, Calif., track. Scopolamine has found its way into California hay supplies via ji...