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RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM

RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM. Hallie Roach Communications Coordinator. Our Organization and Our Work. Mission and Structure of RMTC Uniform Model Rules Research and Testing. The Mission of RMTC.

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RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM

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  1. RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM Hallie Roach Communications Coordinator

  2. Our Organization and Our Work Mission and Structure of RMTC Uniform Model Rules Research and Testing

  3. The Mission of RMTC • To develop, promote and coordinate, at the national level, policies, research and educational programs that seek to ensure the fairness and integrity of racing and the health and welfare of racehorses and participants, and to protect the interests of the racing public • RMTC formed in 2002 as a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization

  4. RMTC Officers • Executive Director: Dr. Scot Waterman • Chairman: Dr. Bobby Lewis - AAEP • Vice Chairman: Chris Scherf - TRA • Vice Chairman: Alan Foreman - THA • Secretary: Dr. Rick Arthur - CHRB • Treasurer: Tom Charters -The Hambletonian Society • CEO: Dan Fick - The Jockey Club

  5. Current Directors: Tom Charters Moira Fanning Chip Hastings Alan Leavitt Eric Sharbaugh Brody Johnson Prior Directors: Stan Bergstein John Cashman Joe Faraldo Phil Langley RMTC Standardbred Support “RMTC greatly appreciated the on-going volunteer and financial support from the Standardbred racing industry.” - Dr. Scot Waterman

  6. Other RMTC Directors • Alex Waldrop – NTRA • Ed Martin – RCI • Dr. Richard Sams – U of Florida • Dr. Scot Stanley – U of California-Davis • Richard Mandella – Hall of Fame trainer • Frank Fabian – TRPB & SIS • Dan Metzger – TOBA • Dr. Greg Scoggins – MEC • Donnie Richardson – Churchill Downs Inc. • Mike Hopkins – Maryland Racing Commission

  7. RMTC Model of Operation • Goals: • Uniform regulation • Level playing field • Welfare and safety of participants • Implementation Strategy: • Review existing research • New research • Scientific Advisory Committees • Consensus of directors

  8. Adoption of RMTC Uniform Model Rules Approved by RCI

  9. Uniform Penalties • Three-tiered grid system simplifies current RCI penalties • Significantly increases penalties for illegal and prohibited performance-enhancing drugs • Reduces penalties for therapeutic medication mistakes • Redefines trainer responsibility • Mitigating and aggravating circumstances “checklist” for stewards • Added penalties for other culpable licensees: veterinarians, owners and grooms • Adopted as rule or policy in 25 states

  10. Withdrawal Time Projects • 26-horse training stable including six Standardbreds at University of Florida for withdrawal times research for eight therapeutic medications and four anabolic steroids • Analysis of resultant plasma and urine samples at Iowa State, New Bolton, Florida and UC-Davis labs • Scheduled completion date is August or sooner • RMTC withdrawal times website with 18 jurisdictions and over 70 drugs posted for review

  11. Withdrawal Time Projects • RMTC Website Database • Withdrawal times posted for 18 jurisdictions and over 70 drugs • Database is searchable by drug and by jurisdiction • Over 2,000 unique users in first month of availability • Help us add more if you can!

  12. Scot Waterman

  13. Anabolic Steroids • Model rule approved by RCI in April 2007 • Model rule contains scientific urinary thresholds for four anabolic steroids • Plasma thresholds will be added by August • AR, AZ, IN, PA, VA and WA have adopted model rule to begin regulation of anabolic steroids • 14 other states now in adoption process • RCI has called for all states to be uniformly regulating anabolic steroids by end of this year

  14. RMTC Research Program • Three Research Categories: • Performance Enhancers • Erythropoietin, Ethanol, Cone Snail Venom • Therapeutics • Procaine Penicillin, Clenbuterol, Adjunct Bleeder Meds • Contaminants • Morphine / Poppy Seed Contamination

  15. RMTC Research Program • RMTC is also focused on developing tests for “designer” drugs • “Unknown” acquisition and analysis: • RMTC works with sources and purchases products being marketed as “performance enhancing” • Over a dozen vials and syringes have been analyzed over the past year • Majority contain “voodoo” products and are of little concern • In 2007, one unknown led to a federal investigation and prosecution of a “race-day medication” website

  16. Drug Testing Objectives • Uniform Testing • Standards for chain of custody, split and frozen samples • Standard operating procedures and testing protocols • Quality assurance and blind sampling • Laboratory accreditation • Future Considerations • National industry-owned reference laboratory • Potential for consolidation of 18 existing drug-testing laboratories

  17. RMTC: Contact Us • www.rmtcnet.com

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