West Virginia to Tackle Latest Round of Model Drug Rules

Thoroughbred industry stakeholders in West Virginia will meet May 6 to consider changes in the state’s racing rules, including a few related to the National Uniform Medication Program.
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Thoroughbred industry stakeholders in West Virginia will meet May 6 to consider changes in the state's racing rules, including a few related to the National Uniform Medication Program.

Kelli Talbott, senior deputy attorney general for the West Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC), said April 15 the agenda will include discussion of the multiple medication violation penalty system and the latest updates to the Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule approved by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI). Both are components of the national medication program.

West Virginia was among the first states to endorse the National Uniform Medication Program last year. The state legislature approved the first round of rules, which are expected to be on the books this summer.

In West Virginia and some other states, any rule changes must be approved by lawmakers. That means the rules submitted this year can't take effect until 2015 in West Virginia

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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