RMTC-TJC: Freezing of Test Samples Get Funding

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Originally Posted by Kasept

This is a significant advance and has been advocated by the loudest critics of the current methods of drug 'deterenting'. Jerry Brown has been working with The Jockey Club on it quietly (unless you know him) for 2 years. Couple this with the lowering of CO2 levels to detect milkshake bullets that are registering just below current 'illegal' levels, and you'll have made real progress on inhibiting those taking an edge.

Frozen-Sample Drug Tests Get Funding
http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/49167.htm

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Safety Committee said Feb. 11 it will fund a Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) frozen-sample and retrospective testing program that will begin in April. The program is part of the drug-testing initiative that evolved from a safety committee recommendation announced at The Jockey Club Round Table Conference in August 2008.

This is a good step but $150k is a very small amount. They need $5 million to really break through.