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Paulick Report on MSN13d
HIWU Report: Testing Turnaround Times Shorter, But Case Resolution Time Increases
Average resolution time, from the date of sample collection to the date the case is resolved, was 80.8 days. That's an ...
Paulick Report on MSN8d
HIWU Reports Six More Clenbuterol Positives In Juan Cano's Barn; Trainer Remains Suspended By Kentucky Commission
Cano has been running horses in Louisiana since the first positive was revealed; the state is not subject to HISA or HIWU ...
BloodHorse13d
HIWU Releases 2024 Annual Report
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announces the release of its 2024 Annual Report. Among the highlights are statistics ...
WHAS11 News1y
Weeding out cheaters, enhancing safety in horseracing with federal oversight
That is, until now. Post the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, and prior to the Belmont, the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) has taken over all drug testing in horseracing in the ...
Paulick Report on MSN3dOpinion
Keeping Pace: Fairness Is What Justice Really Is
The idea of “due process” is in the news these days in horse racing and the big, bad world beyond it. However you define it, ...
The Blood-Horse27d
HIWU Suspends, Fines Three PA Trainers for Injections
HIWU is HISA's enforcement agency, and its investigators charge that the practice was being done rampantly at Penn National in Grantville, Pa., in 2023 and 2024. The penalties announced March 14 ...
Opinion
Paulick Report on MSN10dOpinion
Keeping Pace: Feds’ Annual Report – Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand
Show your work, teachers have said to students for eons. Last Friday, racing regulators again showed their work in trying to make horse racing in the U.S. safer for horses and more fair for owners, ...
Thoroughbred Daily News8d
HISA & HIWU Town Hall Scheduled For Apr. 11
A joint HISA and HIWU virtual Town Hall is scheduled for Friday, April 11 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET, the pair of organizations said in a release on Wednesday afternoon. Leadership will discuss and answer ...