NYTHA to Invest in New Drug Testing Equipment

The triple quadrupole mass spectrometer will be used to screen for new drugs alleged to be used in horse racing.
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The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA) has announced its commitment to acquire state-of-the-art testing equipment for the New York Equine Drug Testing and Research Program at Morrisville State College.

The new equipment—a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer—will be used to screen for new drugs that are alleged to be used in horse racing, including synthetic marijuana, nootropics (which enhance mental function), and modified existing drugs and peptides. It will provide New York’s equine drug testing program with the increased sensitivity needed to test for these compounds in blood, urine, and hair samples.

The NYTHA will cover the entire cost of the equipment, approximately $450,000.

Over the last seven years, the NYTHA has contributed more than $1 million to enhance New York’s equine drug testing program. In 2008, the association put up $500,000 to acquire the equipment to test for anabolic steroids. And in 2012, the organization donated $100,000 to the New York Equine Drug Testing and Research Program to advance research to strengthen testing for illegal medications such as gene- and blood-doping substances, as well as snake toxins and protein-based drugs

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