NTRA Approves Safety, Integrity Code of Standards Updates

Updates include a January 2019 deadline for total compliance with the National Uniform Medication Program.
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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Board of Directors has approved amendments to the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance Code of Standards including: a January 2019 deadline for total compliance with the National Uniform Medication Program; annual certification of jockey weight scales and automated weight data logging, and strengthening of totalizator protocols as recommended by the Thoroughbred Racing & Protective Bureau (TRPB).

The measures were previously approved by the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance Advisory Board and will become part of the full Code of Standards as of Jan. 1, 2017.

Last year the NTRA Board approved a Jan. 1, 2018 deadline for Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) laboratory accreditation, which remains in effect. The Jan. 1, 2019 deadline requires full compliance with RMTC lab accreditation and three additional “pillars” of the National Uniform Medication Program: the schedule of controlled therapeutic substances, third-party furosemide (often referred to as Salix or Lasix) administration, and the Multiple Medication Violation penalty point system.

The enhancements to jockey weighing protocols are consistent with procedures already in place at several major racetracks and received support from the Jockey’s Guild

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