Tag: anti-doping
Anti-Doping to Get Full Review by British Horseracing Authority
February 4, 2018
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced plans to carry out a full review of its anti-doping rules. Approved by the national regulator’s board this week, the decision to assess the current regulations comes after the BHA received a briefing on the impact of recent decisions involving anti-doping cases in the sport. An independent disciplinary panel was established last year and has provided what BHA described as an “impartial and independent” scrutiny of the sport’s rules. However, the BHA said that this has raised concerns over certain “assumptions” made across the racehorse industry in regards to the penalties for breaking…