ARCI Welfare, Integrity Conference Continues

Wednesday’s discussion topics included maintaining integrity and crop use during races, among others.
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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) is pioneering cost-effective loaner integrity teams that provide investigative reinforcements for the sprint sport’s big-event days. That program was the main focus of Wednesday’s discussion on “Policing the Backside: A View from the Front Line” at the Association of Racing Commissioners International’s (ARCI) 83rd annual conference on Equine Welfare and Racing Integrity.

“The needs are great. But our thoughts are to put our money where our mouth is,” said Janet VanBebber, a former Quarter Horse trainer and the AQHA’s current chief racing officer. “If we’re going to preach about integrity and improvements in certain areas of our sport, then we need to apply our resources in that same area.”

The AQHA has developed protocols and teams of people to go to tracks, typically for Grade 1 or 2 races, and provide enforcement assistance to the jurisdiction’s commission.

“We don’t try to take control of their racing,” VanBebber said. “Instead we’re just trying to help them if they don’t have their own resources or knowledge or protocol, to help them pursue having an integrity team. Our hope is they will go on and grow a program within their own jurisdiction

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