Delaware, Lab Work to Improve Racehorse Drug Test Turnaround

The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission is working with LGS laboratory in Lexington, Kentucky, to facilitate quicker turnaround for equine drug test results.
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The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission (DTRC) is working with LGS laboratory in Lexington, Kentucky, to facilitate quicker turnaround for equine drug test results.

Formerly called HFL Sport Science, LGS began testing urine and blood samples taken from horses at Delaware Park, in Wilmington, for the 2014 race meet. The lab is one of a handful that is accredited by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC).

Horsemen recently indicated there were issues not long after the meet began May 17 with a slow turnaround for test results—sometimes a month—and subsequently purse checks were delayed. They said there were up to 30 "cloudy" tests at one point, most likely the result of enhanced testing protocol, but support better drug testing.

John Wayne, DTRC executive director, said July 22 he and other officials met with LGS representatives in late June to express concerns over the delays, which have been reported in Indiana and Kentucky as well. LGS representatives said issues related to equipment and personnel changes led to the slowdown

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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