CHRI Advocates for Medication Reform at Horse Caucus Hearing

Representatives educated Congress members about the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015.
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Industry stakeholders and members of the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity (CHRI) appeared before members of Congress on April 28 to discuss the future of the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015 (HR 3084).

The industry representatives were invited to participate in the panel by Congressional Horse Caucus Co-Chairs Andy Barr (R-KY) and Paul Tonko (D-NY), who introduced the bipartisan bill last July. The hearing presented an educational opportunity for Horse Caucus members and industry to examine the legislation and its authority to grant rulemaking, testing, and enforcement of drug and medication use in Thoroughbred horse racing to an entity created under the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Panelists who spoke before Caucus included racehorse owner and professional chef Bobby Flay; former Maryland Jockey Club Owner Joe De Francis; and coalition members Craig Fravel, president and CEO of Breeders’ Cup Ltd., and Chauncey Morris, executive director of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders. The Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association provided written testimony.

“Because we are a sea of individual jurisdictions,” said Flay in his statement, “we have not been even remotely close to getting everyone on the same page and I can say with the utmost certainty that will never happen. We need federal oversight and we need it now

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