S. HRG. 112–562 MEDICATION AND PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS IN HORSE RACING HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JULY 12, 2012 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 76–248 PDF WASHINGTON : 2012 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:21 Oct 12, 2012 Jkt 075679 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 S:\GPO\DOCS\76248.TXT JACKIE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia, Chairman DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas, Ranking JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine BARBARA BOXER, California JIM DEMINT, South Carolina BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN THUNE, South Dakota MARIA CANTWELL, Washington ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia MARK PRYOR, Arkansas ROY BLUNT, Missouri CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota PATRICK J. TOOMEY, Pennsylvania TOM UDALL, New Mexico MARCO RUBIO, Florida MARK WARNER, Virginia KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire MARK BEGICH, Alaska DEAN HELLER, Nevada ELLEN L. DONESKI, Staff Director JAMES REID, Deputy Staff Director JOHN WILLIAMS, General Counsel RICHARD M. RUSSELL, Republican Staff Director DAVID QUINALTY, Republican Deputy Staff Director REBECCA SEIDEL, Republican General Counsel and Chief Investigator (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:21 Oct 12, 2012 Jkt 075679 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\76248.TXT JACKIE C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on July 12, 2012 ............................................................................... 1 Statement of Senator Udall .................................................................................... 1 Statement of Senator Lautenberg .......................................................................... 28 Statement of Senator Thune ................................................................................... 30 WITNESSES Barry Irwin, Chief Executive Officer, Team Valor International, LLC .............. 3 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5 Kent Stirling, Executive Director, Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protec- tive Association; Chairman, Medication Committee, National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association ............................................................... 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 13 Jeffrey Gural, Chairman, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Chairman and Managing Partner, American Racing and Entertainment, LLC ...................... 17 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 21 James Gagliano, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Jockey Club ....... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 26 Matthew Witman, National Director, American Quarter Horse Association ..... 41 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 43 Marc S. Paulhus, Former Director, Equine Protection and Vice President, Humane Society ................................................................................................... 46 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 49 Edward J. Martin, President and CEO, Association of Racing Commissioners International ......................................................................................................... 51 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 53 Sheila Lyons, DVM, Founder and Director, The American College of Veteri- nary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation .......................................................... 56 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 58 APPENDIX Response to written questions submitted by Hon. Amy Klobuchar to Edward J. Martin ............................................................................................................... 81 Response to written questions submitted by Hon. Tom Udall to: Barry Irwin ....................................................................................................... 82 Kent Stirling ..................................................................................................... 83 James Gagliano ................................................................................................ 97 Matthew Witman .............................................................................................. 102 Marc S. Paulhus ............................................................................................... 104 Edward J. Martin ............................................................................................. 108 Sheila Lyons ...................................................................................................... 112 Editorial, published June 16, 2012 from The NY Times, entitled, ‘‘Stronger Medicine for What Ails Horse Racing’’ ............................................................... 116 Multimedia feature dated March 30, 2012 from The New York Times entitled, ‘‘Breakdown—Death and disarray at America’s racetracks’’ ............................ 117 Article dated March 25, 2012 from The New York Times, entitled, ‘‘Mangled Horses, Maimed Jockeys’’ .................................................................................... 117 Article dated April 30, 2012 from The New York Times entitled, ‘‘Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death’’ ..................................................................................... 126 Article dated April 30, 2012 from The New York Times entitled, ‘‘How the Data Was Analyzed’’ ............................................................................................ 132 Article dated July 11, 2012 from The New York Times entitled, ‘‘Records Show Triple Crown Contender Had History of Ailments’’ ................................ 133 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:21 Oct 12, 2012 Jkt 075679 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\76248.TXT JACKIE IV Page Article dated August 9, 2012 from Miami New Times entitled, ‘‘Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course’’ .......................................................................... 134 Letter dated July 12, 2012 to Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV from Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, The Humane Society of the United States and Nicolas Dodman, BVMS, DVA, DACVA, DACVB, Leadership Council Member, Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association .............................. 142 Letter dated July 12, 2012 to Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV from Sam Kerr, Interim Executive Director, Bladerunners: National Horse Racing Commis- sion Movement ..................................................................................................... 143 Nancy Perry, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, ASPCA, prepared statement .............................................................................................................. 147 VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:21 Oct 12, 2012 Jkt 075679 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\76248.TXT JACKIE MEDICATION AND PERFORMANCE- ENHANCING DRUGS IN HORSE RACING THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:59 p.m. in Room SR–253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Tom Udall, presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TOM UDALL, U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO Senator UDALL. The hearing will come to order. And let me, first of all, thank you all for being here. And just tell you, we have the best intentions around here in terms of organizing our committee work with votes. Andwe’ve ended up now there will be a vote going off momentarily. And I will have to get over there to vote on these three votes, probably around 2:30. So what I’m going to do is give my opening statement and then cut it off right promptly at 2:20 wherever we are on the witness panels. And then I will come back right after votes. It’ll probably be right a little bit after 3 o’clock. And then we’ll complete through both panels and all the questioning, and we’ll get through it. I apologize to you. We thought we had been correct in moving it at 2 o’clock, that we weren’t going to be interrupted in votes. But things just sometimes turn out that way, so thank you very much. And good afternoon. It’s great having you here today. And I first want to thank Senator Rockefeller and Senator Hutchinson for their support in holding this hearing, and also thanks to our very knowledgeable and distinguished panelists that we have before us. I’m very much looking forward to the testimony. Horseracing has a proud heritage. It’s a majestic sport, but the sport has run off the rails. The chronic abuse of horses with pain- killers and other drugs is just plain wrong, and it’s dangerous. An injured horse feeling no pain continues to charge down