LEXINGTON, KY – The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) has formally announced the members of the committee recently formed to work with individual commissions to complete the implementation of the ARCI medication reforms.
The 12 members of the ARCI Compliance Committee, as it will be officially known, were invited by Chairman Mark Lamberth. Lamberth has assigned the committee members to three working teams, with each team reviewing the regulatory policies of a set of racing jurisdictions. The regulators assigned to those teams are as follows:
|
Team Member |
Member Jurisdiction |
Team Assigned |
|
John T. Ward, Jr. |
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission |
Team A |
|
Jonathan Zachem |
Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering |
Team A |
|
Judy Wagner |
Louisiana State Racing Commission |
Team A |
|
Domenic DiCera |
Illinois Racing Board |
Team A |
|
Rick Baedeker |
California Horse Racing Board |
Team B |
|
Jeff Colliton |
Washington State Horse Racing Commission |
Team B |
|
Tom DiPasquale |
Minnesota Racing Commission |
Team B |
|
Dr. Corinne Sweeney |
Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission |
Team B |
|
Mike Hopkins |
Maryland Racing Commission |
Team C |
|
Duncan Patterson |
Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission |
Team C |
|
Robert Williams |
New York State Gaming Commission |
Team C |
|
Frank Zanzuccki |
New Jersey Racing Commission |
Team C |
The committee teams will begin by completing a thorough review of the medication policies in each United States jurisdiction, and then will work state-by-state to advance the ARCI medication reforms.
The jurisdictions assigned to each team are as follows:
|
Team A |
Team B |
Team C |
|
Arkansas |
Arizona |
Delaware |
|
Colorado |
California |
Iowa |
|
Florida |
Idaho |
Maine |
|
Illinois |
Minnesota |
Maryland |
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Indiana |
Montana |
Massachusetts |
|
Kentucky |
Nevada |
Michigan |
|
Louisiana |
New Mexico |
Nebraska |
|
Ohio |
Oregon |
New Jersey |
|
Oklahoma |
Pennsylvania |
New York |
|
Texas |
Washington |
North Dakota |
|
Wyoming |
South Dakota |
|
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|
Virginia |
|
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|
West Virginia |
Lamberth stated that the committee will begin work this week, and three teams will meet on a regular basis. The committee work report to the ARCI Board of Directors during their meeting in December.