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THE ORIGINAL NEW
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By Lucinda Orr
Reporter
The Texas A&M facility desig
nated to perform drug tests on
horses and dogs racing at Texas
tracks has been pieparing for its new
role after Gov. Bill Clements re
cently appointed the first four mem
bers to the Texas Racing Commis
sion, which will oversee the
program.
Dr. Allen Ray, veterinary toxico
logist of the Texas Veterinary Medi
cal Diagnostic Lab in charge of this
testing, says that the TVMDL is wait
ing for the six-member commission
to be appointed and start setting up
the rules and procedures for the
project.
Senate Bill 15 requires that both
horse and dog interests be rep
resented in the Commission, so
there will he one large-animal vet,
one small-animal vet, two members
of the general public in any profes
sion who have an interest or knowl
edge of horse racing and two for dog
racing. Four commission members
were appointed last Friday.
Dr. Demarious Frey, a small-ani
mal vet from Corpus Christi, is a
member of the Texas Thorough
bred Breeders Association and the
Texas Horse Racing Association.
She was named in 1979 by Clements
to serve as the first woman on the
Texas Veterinary Medical Examin
ers Board, a position she held until
1985.
James H. Clement, King Ranch
chairman since 1974, is a director of
the Texas Research League and the
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers
Association.
Hugh Fitzsimons, managing part
ner ot a ranching company in Car-
izzo Springs, is also a director of the
cattle-raisers association and served
on the Texas Aeronautics Commis
sion from 1966-72.
A.L. Mangham, banker and for
mer mayor of Nacogdoches, will
serve as dog-racing representative.
“The ones they have to appoint
next will be an equine (horse) vet and
another public member for dog-ra
cing,” Rav says.
One of the Commission’s jobs is to
decide what drugs will be allowed
and what drugs and dosages will be
considered illegal.
“They will probably examine
other states’ decisions and rely heav
ily on that,” Ray says.
Licensing requirements for tracks
and trainers, security enforcement
and the transportation of samples to
be tested are other matters to be
worked out.
“They could use state employees,
Department of Public Safety officers
or private couriers,” Ray says.
Senate Bill 15 allots no money to
the TVMDL. It will receive a loan
from the General Revenue fund,
which it must pay back with interest.
“The project will he totally self-
supporting from the money earned
through testing fees,” Ray says.
“Fees will probably be about $25
per sample,” Ray says. “They will he
hie
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igher at first, but as the number of
samples increases, the cost per sam
ple will decrease.
“Multiply that by (he thirty to fifty
thousand samples we’ll be getting
each year — you see how much we’ll
be making.”
For the TVMDL to accomplish
such an undertaking, they had to
create a new department. What used
to be a division of the toxicology de
partment will be one of the biggest
sections of the TVMDL.
Facilities will be remodeled and
new equipment purchased.
Four animal rooms that housed
experimental animals such as rats,
mice and guinea pigs and a restroom
will be the five rooms converted dur
ing renovation. The rooms are now
primitive, with cement floors and
ceilings to the roof. ' ■
The TVMDL will need several
hundred-thousand dollars of sophis
ticated, state-of-the-art equipment
for the testing and analysis, but fi
nances are uncertain.
“We may have to buy only the
minimum amount, or we could go
deluxe — we’ll just have to see how
much money they’ll give (loan) us,”
Ray says. He says he hopes the labs
can be ready by this fall.
Currently, the TVMDL handles
drug testing to help vets with thera-
putic monitering and detecting mis
use of drugs. It has also handled poi
soning cases such as deaths of
overinsured horses, or small animals
that were killed by common drugs
like aspirin, Tylenol, Valium and
cold medicines.
It is very likely that once in full
swing, the TVMDL may handle
30,000 to 50,000 samples per year
for the drug testing as related to
pari-mutuel racing, he says.
He expects more positive tests
during the first one or two years, un
til people learn what is legal, what is
not and what they can get away with.
Eventually, the TVMDL will have
to add about 12 new employees in
this department, with maybe three
or four positions for students.
There will be extensive training
and learning. Ray will travel to other
labs to learn their procedures to
teach his staff and experts also will
come in to instruct.
Ray says that the positive samples
require tne most expertise, but that
usually less than one percent of sam
ples test positive.
Once trained, the department will
probably receive certification from
the board of quality control.
Senate Bill 15 allows four Class
One horse tracks in the state and
specifies that they may be built in
Harris, Bexar, Dallas and Tarrant
counties.
“We’re basically talking about
Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and
Fort Worth,” Ray says.
Class One tracks must have at
least 45 racing days per year.
Ray says Class Two tracks may
have no more that 44 racing days
per year and may be built anywhere,
while Class Three tracks are allowed
a maximum of 16 racing days.
Dog-racing tracks are specified
for Galveston, NuecesandCaJ
counties and probably will be [ 1
Galveston, Corpus Chiistil
Bi ownsville, Ray says. ?
1 f the Commission
states, post-race drug tests J
done.
Urine samples will be i
from the horses and dogsafel
races and sent to the TVMD[|
analysis. Ray says that
found in higher concentrate]
longer periods of time in uriml
is a better test than bloodwoij
But he says it also has soitdj
vantages.
“The body will often reaciK
vert a drug, and alter it chemij
Ray says. “Testing is then motfij
plicated, because then you’rebfj
with metabolites rather thanfc
ent drug. To be certain of till
standards of control samplfil
be established, requiring cfej
synthsesis or biological reprobu
such as test tube samples ait!
zymes or liver cells. ,
Under unusual circumstaatj
if foul play is suspected, theiej
require all the horses to be teseij
Ray says test results shoi
- ■ .lilable within a weekof t |
“T his will put pressure onul
quick answers, so the purse
released,” Ray says.
I’s
Of the money bet on a race,?
lx* divided so that the large!;!
centage goes to the winning!*
a f air percentage makes »|
purse (small amounts donota
the good horses), some goes#
track and the rest goestotbei
mission, Rav explains.
Ray’ s opinion is that Texaslesj
racing season could makeitsn
program successful. Northern«
nave less racing days becauseol
temperatures, but Florida k|
off-season.
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Sunset Today: 6:13 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday: 7:03 a.m.
Map Discussion :The eastward progression of Pacific weather systemscontimj
with the western most system being off the British Columbia and Washington
coastal area, another to the north of the Great Lakes, and a third exiting the Ne« |
England coastal sections. The system over the Great Lakes will produce only
scattered snowshowers over Southern Canada and the Northern Great bates
The system over Maine, with southerly flow and meager energy, is acting mote
like a springtime system rather than a winter event. Meanwhile, Bryan-College
Station will be dominated by the return flow from the south, being onthebackstJf|
of the high in the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecast:
Today.ParUy cloudy and warm, high near 72. Winds will be southerly at eigtilAj
mph through the morning, becoming 12 with gusts to near 20 in the ate® j
Tonight.Fa'ir and mild. Low near 40. Wind south at 5 mph.
Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness and cooler. High near 60. West winds at H
mph through the morning, becoming northerly at 18 mph.
Weather FachTexas Norther" - A cold air outbreak associated with the
southward movement of a cold high pressure system. It is usually precededbii
warm and cloudy conditions and southerly winds and sometimes by rain.The
“Norther” brings a sudden temperature drop, sometimes as much as 25degrees
per hour to 50 degrees in three hours. It usually lasts from two to four days;
however on rare occasions, it may persist for a week.
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