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Articles: Press Release
USA Equestrian Increases Drug Testing Fee
Contact:
USA Equestrian, Inc.
(Formerly American Horse Shows Association)
4047 Iron Works Parkway,
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
Tel: (859) 258 2472
Fax (859) 231 6662
Web site: www.ahsa.org
USA Equestrian announced today that it has increased the drug-testing fee by
$2, effective December 1, 2001. This is the first increase in the
drug-testing fee in over ten years. The Federation's Drugs & Medication
Committee recommended and the Board of Directors overwhelmingly adopted the
increase in the testing fee at its July 10, 2001 Board meeting. When
remitted together with the Federation competition fee, the total fees per
entry will be $10, up from $8 a year ago.
This fee increase will enable the Drugs and Medications Program to address
the following priorities on a sound financial footing:
Increased Testing. The existing laboratory,
established in 1995, has increased its sample volume from 6,000 to 8,000 per
year. Additional funding will allow the lab to test 9,000 samples in 2002,
and will take the current lab to capacity. A study of the projected sample
volume, the long-term expansion of the laboratory's capacity, and the
associated costs is warranted at this time, in order to expand the scope of
the Drugs and Medications Program in the future.
Increased Research. Research and development of new
and improved technologies to detect drugs that are beyond the reach of
existing technologies must be funded and undertaken in order to increase the
effectiveness of the Drugs and Medications Program.
Split Samples. The Drugs and Medications Committee
decided to implement a formal split sample rule, policy and procedure,
effective December 1, 2001, which will increase the costs of the Drugs and
Medications Program.
For more information, please contact Christine E. Stafford, Director of
Communications on (859) 225 6923 or via email at cstafford@ahsa.org
cstafford@ahsa.org. AHSA press
releases are available on our web
site - http://www.ahsa.org/ .
USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is
the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of
dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting,
as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over
77,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each
year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and
licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at
these shows.
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