When:
Friday, September 30, 2016
10:30AM

Where:
Gentilly Office
New Orleans, Louisiana

EVD Opelousas  - 9/28/2016 – 10:30AM to 1:00PM

EVTC Carencro – 10/5/2016 – 10:30AM to 1:00PM

DED Vinton – 10/12/2016 – 10:30AM to 1:00PM

FG New Orleans – 11/22/2016 – 10:30AM to 1:00 PM

The Gentilly HBPA office will be closed on Monday September 5, 2016 for the Labor Day Holiday and will re-open on Tuesday September 6, 2016.

The bookkeeper office at Louisiana Downs is open during racing hours and can be reached at 318-742-3986.

If you have an emergency regarding WC, call Mike Fenasci at 504-214-6873.

If you have an emergency regarding the Medical Program, call Murray Woodward at 504-669-2254.

Happy Holiday!
THANK YOU,
LAHBPA

When:
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
11:00AM

Where:
Gentilly Office
New Orleans, Louisiana

(UPDATE AS OF 4/25/2016)

(1) On March 25, 2016, the ARCI made revisions to its “Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses” which you can find below.

Regulatory thresholds have been added for the following medications: 1) Cimetidine; 2)Ranitidine; 3) Cetirizine; and 4) Guaifenesin.

These new drug thresholds will NOT trigger a positive test call until June 9, 2016. The Commission will notify trainers when they have a test that will cause a positive after June 9, 2016.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Any test that would have been a positive prior to the rule change will still be positive during the transitional period.

(2) Also on March 25, 2016, the threshold levels have changed for the following:

1) Omeprazole from 1 ng/mL of urine to 10 ng/mL of plasma or serum
2) Xylazine from .01 ng/mL of plasma or serum to 200 pg/mL of plasma or serum