HFL Sport Science Laboratory Opens in Kentucky

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear joined community leaders and executives of HFL Sport Science on Dec. 14 to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new laboratory in Lexington, Ky. The facility will provide drug surveillance, doping control, and research to equine and other sports industries. The lab, which represents a more than $4 million investment, will create 48 new jobs.
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear joined community leaders and executives of HFL Sport Science on Dec. 14 to celebrate the grand opening of the company's new laboratory in Lexington, Ky.

The facility will provide drug surveillance, doping control, and research to equine and other sports industries. The lab, which represents a more than $4 million investment, will create 48 new jobs, including 25 high-tech positions.

"HFL is establishing a world-class bioanalytical laboratory to deliver doping control and associated research for horse racing in Kentucky and nationwide," said Gov. Beshear, who thanked David Hall, PhD, the CEO of HFL Sport Science in the United Kingdom and HFL Sport Science in Kentucky, for having confidence in Kentucky to spearhead such a facility. "(HFL Sport Science's) testing services for various sport science activities, such as checking horse feed and sport supplements for banned substances, will help ensure the equine industry remains healthy, while also helping preserve and create high-paying, high-tech jobs for Kentucky residents."

In March 2010 the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) selected HFL to provide drug testing for Kentucky racetracks. The lab will begin processing samples in February 2011. In addition to developing laboratory screening tests for fitness and nutritional health, HFL plans to provide services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. The company also anticipates research collaborations with the University of Kentucky (UK), which will improve the basic understanding of issues relating to doping control in equine, canine, and human sports

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Esther Marr is a staff writer for The Blood-Horse magazine.

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