Tuesday, 24th March 24th International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians 2026

• Analytical Advances in Horseracing Medication and Doping Control from 2023 to 2025 - Bobby Gray
• Dried Blood Spots (DBS) Assessment for Direct and Indirect Detection of ESAs Administration in Equine - Benoit Loup
• A New Current in Confirmatory Testing: Electromembrane Extraction for Equine and Canine Medication and Doping Control - Bobby Gray
• What is There in Post-Race Equine Plasma Samples Beyond the Target Lists? - Routine Untargeted Detection of Emerging Drugs in Post-competition Plasma Aided by Artificial Intelligence - Fuyu Guan
• An Approach for the Analysis of Banned Substances in Falcon Faeces using QuEChERS Extraction and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. - Andrew McKinney
• The Application of the New ThermoFisher Stellar to Equine, Canine and Human Drug Testing - Simon Hudson

The Veterinary Dilemma: Decision Making Difficulties for Veterinarians - CJ (Kate) Savage

Facilitated discussion

• Pre-Race Conditions
• At the Start

Raceday Veterinary Examination Protocols: Insights from a Global Survey - Fumiaki Mizobe

Facilitated discussion

• The Post-Race Vet Exam
• What else can Reg Vets do for the Stewards?

Facilitated discussion

• After Severe Injury: The Trainer Interview

• The Veterinary Dilemma: Decision Making Difficulties for Veterinarians  - CJ (Kate) Savage
• Raceday Veterinary Examination Protocols: Insights from a Global Survey - Fumiaki Mizobe

• Checking in With the Punters: Drug Checking as a Market Monitor to Detect the Emergence of New Psychoactive Substances - Malcolm D McLeod
• Old Drugs and New Challenges: A Review of Nitazenes in the UK - Simon Hudson
• Forensic and Genetic Investigation of Gonadorelin Administration in a Racing Greyhound: A Case Study - Steven Karamatic
• Investigations Into the Possible Endogenous Nature of Selected Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in Equine Urine - Marjaana Viljanto
• The Prevalence of Synephrine in Teff Hay and its Detection in Blood and Urine From Horses After Consumption - Benjamin C Moeller

IFHA Horse Welfare Committee Report - Jamie Stier

Facilitated discussion

• Racing in Adverse Weather Conditions
• Standard Responses/Managing Criticism

Facilitated discussion

• Other issues
• The Future

• IFHA Horse Welfare Committee Report - Jamie Stier

Including talks from:

• Prof Madeleine Campbell
• Dr Clive Pearce
• Prof Jack Anderson
• Justice Terry Forrest

• Ethics, Science and the Law: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Optimise Animal Welfare - Madeleine L.H. Campbell
• Procedural Advice to Racing Chemists – an AORC guideline - Clive Pearce
• It's with legal: what has law got to do with sport and racing? - Jack Anderson

• Co-administration of Furosemide and Clodronate Affect Serum Ionized Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone Levels as well as Circulating Biomarkers of Bone Turnover in Young, Exercising Thoroughbreds. - Joanne Haughan
• Detection of Formestane, 4-Hydroxytestosterone, and 6α-Hydroxyandrostenedione in a Female Thoroughbred Racehorse in Chile: Analytical Findings, Origin Hypotheses, and Regulatory Collaboration - Paula Soza-Ossandón
• A Tale of Two Peaks: Tautomers of Phenylbutazone and Associated Analytical Challenges in Regulatory Testing - Buddhika N Dorakumbura
• A Sandwich ELISA for the Detection of CJC1295 in Equine Plasma - Mark Timms

• Detection of Antipsychotic Drugs in Race-Day Horse Plasma: Western Australian Experience - Nicola Beckett
• Incorporation of Iron-chelating Substances Into Routine Doping Control - Joshua Klingberg
• Analytical Challenges in Applying the International Screening Limit of Acepromazine in Race-day Urine Samples - Buddhika Dorakumbura
• Classification Model-Based Administration Route Differentiation of Altrenogest in Racehorses - Madysen Elbourne
• Selective and Sensitive Quantitation of 18 Steroids in Human Serum Using Thermo Scientific™ Stellar™ Mass Spectrometer - Edward Goucher
• Polyethylene Glycols’ Masking Effect on the Detection of Drugs and Their Removal in Confiscation Sample Analysis - Fuyu Guan
• Development of PCR-LC-MS Methods for Confirmatory Analysis of Transgenes in Horses - Emmie NM Ho
• Discovering Biomarkers of ESA Administration in Horses: A Comprehensive Proteomics and Transcriptomics Analysis for Doping Control - Emmie NM Ho
• Streamlined UHPLC-QTOF-MS Screening of Exogenous Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Sulfates in Equine Urine - Ka Chuen Ho
• Trace Element Analysis in Equine Urine: Looking Beyond Arsenic and Cobalt   - Jovan Jacob
• Trace Element Analysis in Canine Urine: Looking Beyond Arsenic and Cobalt - Jovan Jacob
• Elevated Cobalt Concentrations in Korean Thoroughbreds: Feed as the Primary Cause - Junhyuk Jeon
• Exempted Substances for Prevention of Oestrus in Female Racing Greyhounds - Steven Karamatic
• Establishing Residue Limits for Procaine in Greyhound Racing: Addressing Feed-Related Positives through Pharmacokinetic Modelling - Steven Karamatic
• Pharmacokinetics of Transdermal Fentanyl in Greyhounds - Steven Karamatic
• Pharmacokinetics of Caffeine in Greyhounds: Implications for Doping Control and Residue Limits - Steven Karamatic
• The Regulation of Prednisolone and its Use in Racing Greyhounds - Steven Karamatic
• Tracking Levetiracetam: Plasma and Urine Detection Following Administration to Racing Greyhounds - Cheka Kehelpannala
• The Potential of Circulating microRNAs as Biomarkers for Doping Control in Horses - Mio Kikuchi
• Simultaneous Detection and Determination of Elimination Profiles of Dembrexine and its Major Metabolite in Horse Plasma and Urine After a Regimen Oral (PO) Administration of Dembrexine (Sputolysin Powder^®) - Geoffrey Lam
• Detection of Anabolic Agents and Sedatives in Equine Hair Samples - Mario Thevis
• Investigation of Conjugated Prednisolone Metabolites in Equine Urine - Himasha Mendis
• Plasma and Urine Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Pridinol in Thoroughbreds for its Medication Control - Yohei Y.M. Minamijima
• Multidrug Screen for Equine Doping Control Using Negative Ion Electrospray High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry - Jaclyn R. Missanelli
• Determination of Urinary Concentrations of Triamcinolone Acetonide and Metabolite from Horses Administered Intra-articularly to the Femoropatellar Joint - Glenys K Noble
• Determination of Urinary Concentrations of Clenbuterol Hydrochloride, Salbutamol Plus Ipratropium Bromide Administered by Nebuliser to Horses - Glenys K Noble
• The Importance of Gaseous and Liquid Nitrogen in the Analytical and Veterinary Industry - Nicole Pendini
• Yerba Mate Intake and its Correlation With Results of Xanthines Above the International Residue Limits - Patricia I. Porto
• Detection of Human-Sequence Transgenes in Equine Plasma Samples via Massively Parallel Sequencing - Edward Ryder
• Therapeutic Antibodies in Animal Sports Drug Testing: Detection of Anti-NGF Antibodies in Canine Serum by Means of Immunoaffinity Purification, Tryptic Digestion, and LC-HRMS/MS - Mario Thevis
• Enhanced Confirmation of Basic Drugs With Limited Product Ions Using Negative Mode Ionisation Mass Spectrometry - Rohan Steel
• Detection of Meldonium in Equine Urine, Plasma and Hair Following a Multidose Oral Administration - Marjaana Viljanto
• Metabolism and Detection of Ertugliflozin in the Equine - Marjaana Viljanto
• A Non-Animal Apparatus for Investigating Longitudinal Absorption From the Small Intestine in Complex Matrices - Paul Wynne
• ‘Dogabolics II’ Project – An Update on Prostanozol, Mechabol, Turinabol and Finaflex 1-andro - Sean Yamada
• Impact of Blood Collection Tubes on Drug Detection in Equine Doping Analysis - Youwen You
• Effects of Intra-articular Polyacrylamide Hydrogel on Equine Nerves and Macrophage Responses - Simon R Bailey
• Exploring Medication Practices: Current Approaches of Trainers and Veterinarians to the Medication of Victorian Thoroughbred Racehorses - Hilary SA Colwell
• Systemic Exposure of Timolol After Topical Administration to Horses: A Pilot Study - Carl Ekstrand
• Veterinary Applications of Wearable Technology in Racehorse Injury Prevention - Laura E Fitzharris
• Analysis of Hydrocortisone Acetate in Horse Urine and Plasma Following Topical Administration a Pilot Study - Marjaana Viljanto
• Exercise Associated Sudden Death at Horseracing Safety & Integrity Authority Covered Racetracks July 1 2022 Through June 29 2025 - Karen A Hassan
• RNA Sequencing Reveals Possible Biomarkers of Fetlock Injury in Racehorses - Joanne E Haughan
• Co-administration of Furosemide and Clodronate Affect Serum Ionized Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone Levels as well as Circulating Biomarkers of Bone Turnover in Young, Exercising Thoroughbreds. - Joanne E Haughan
• ISO 9001-2015 Certification: A Major Challenge in the World of Veterinary Horse Racing - Victoria VH Hernandez
• IHRB Veterinary Authorised Officers: Challenges and Successes - Lynn Hillyer
• Wearable Technology for Cardiac Monitoring in Exercising Horses: Review of Current Technologies and Emerging Research - Amie E Kapusniak
• Red Blood Cell Sequestration Contributes to the Prolonged Residence Time of Metformin in Horses - Heather K Knych
• Digital Innovation in Animal Welfare Regulation   - Tony Kuipers
• Exercise-Associated Sudden Death in Racing Greyhounds: Incidence and Post-Mortem Findings Across Australasia - Steven Karamatic
• Rabies Surveillance and Dog Population Management: Insights From a Survey of Roaming Dogs in Qatar 2024 - MAHMOUD MOHAMED
• Pharmacokinetics and Effects of Isoflupredone on Plasma Electrolytes and Fractional Excretion After a Single Intramuscular Administration in Horses - Camilo Morales
• Managing Ketoprofen Residues in Meat Fed to Racing Greyhounds - Tim Morris
• Urinary Excretion of Tiludronic Acid Following an Intravenous Infusion of Tildren^® to Horses - Glenys K Noble
• Determination of the Pharmacokinetics of Triamcinolone Acetonide Administered Intra-articularly to the Femoropatellar Joint of the Horse - Glenys K Noble
• Pharmacokinetics of Clenbuterol Hydrochloride, Salbutamol Plus Ipratropium Bromide Administered by Nebuliser to Horses - Glenys K Noble
• Modelling the Impact of Training Practices on Subchondral Bone Adaptation and Microdamage in Racehorses - Michael Pan
• Are Pre- and Post-Race Veterinary Examinations Necessary? Evidence From the Qatar Racing Industry - Michelle M Pap
• Objective Lameness Assessment on Jeju Horses Using a Body Mounted Inertial Sensor System - HeeEun SONG
• ISO9001 Quality Management Certification in Hipódromo Chile Test Barn: Enhancing Integrity in Equine Doping Control in Chile - Paula Soza-Ossandón
• A Review of the Regulatory Process and Outcomes for Permanently Retired Horses Reinstated to Racing in GB From 2020 - 2025 - Lucinda J Tyler
• Alternative Dose Forms for Oral Administration of Drugs and Supplements to Dogs, Horses and Other Animals - Paul Wynne
• Size Exclusion Chromatographic (SEC) Method for Oligonucleotides Using Heated Columns - Namrata Saxena
• A Novel Screening Workflow for the Detection of Drugs in Hair - Paul Zahra
• A Tale of Two Peaks: Tautomers of Phenylbutazone and Associated Analytical Challenges in Regulatory Testing - Buddhika N Dorakumbura
• A Sandwich ELISA for the Detection of CJC1295 in Equine Plasma - Mark Timms
• Detection of Formestane, 4-Hydroxytestosterone, and 6α-Hydroxyandrostenedione in a Female Thoroughbred Racehorse in Chile: Analytical Findings, Origin Hypotheses, and Regulatory Collaboration - Paula Soza-Ossandón