Keeneland: New Sales Condition Regarding Anabolic Steroids

Buyers can have yearlings and horses in training to be exported to Great Britain tested for anabolic steroids.
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Keeneland announced July 22 a new condition of sale which will allow buyers of yearlings and horses in training that are being exported to Great Britain, or via other countries the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) considers to have similar policies, within 60 days of purchase to be tested for anabolic steroids and substances prohibited by the BHA. The other countries, at press time, are France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, and Sweden.

The condition was created in response to the BHA’s Equine Anti-Doping Rules, a zero-tolerance policy for horses imported to Great Britain for training and racing that became effective March 2.

“By implementing this new condition of sale, which addresses the BHA’s enhanced policy, our British and European buyers will have added confidence that horses bought here can train and race in Great Britain,” Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said.

BHA Director of Raceday Operations and Regulation Jamie Stier added, “The BHA’s Equine Anti-Doping Rules, which include a zero-tolerance approach to anabolic steroids, which the BHA considers to have no place at any stage in the life of a racehorse, were implemented in March 2015 and ensures that British racing not only adheres to, but exceeds where possible, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities’s international minimum standards on this issue

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