Expressing "shock" at the misinformation being disseminated by the Empire State Harness Horseman's Association, the President of the Association of Racing Commissioners International described the New York legislative proposal to create an interstate comp...More

Lexington, KY - The just departed RCI Executive Vice President and past Executive Director of the North Dakota Racing Commission Paul Bowlinger, Indiana Racing Commission Chair Sarah McNaught, and Texas Racing Commission Executive Director Charla Ann Kin...More

Lexington, KY - The Director of the Colorado Division of Racing Events, Daniel J. Hartman has officially taken the reigns of the Association of Racing Commissioners as its new Chair.

RCI members from across North America are gathered in Lexingto...More

Lexington, KY: Racing Commissioners International (RCI) has formally adopted a strategic association plan for the next three years that calls for the creation of a new state regulatory structure for racing in the United States as well as new policies af...More

Racing Commissioners International (RCI) believes important reforms are needed to improve integrity and the welfare of racing's equine and greyhound athletes as well as those who ride, drive, train, and provide care.

RCI has prepared this Strategic...More

Del Mar, California - The Board of Directors of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) has begun a process that will result in a modification of current policy toward the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). RCI Model rules and most ...More

Del Mar, California - The current model rule limiting toe grabs in flat racing to 2mm will remain in place until such time that compelling scientific research to require a change, according to the Board of Directors of Racing Commissioners International...More

The Association of Racing Commissioners International Pari-Mutuel Auditors and Regulators Conference on regulating, testing, and monitoring pari-mutuel wagering systems is scheduled for July 7-8 at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Hotel in Indianapolis,...More

On April 23, 2009, Bernard J. Daney, Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission (DTRC) Chairman, was given a lifetime achievement award by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ACRI) at their Lexington, Kentucky meeting. The award, a crysta...More

For the first time in its 135-year history, the grade I Kentucky Oaks and Derby, as well as all other races on the Churchill Downs weekend race card, will be contested anablolic steroid free thanks to rules passed by the Kentucky Racing Commission.

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Industry veteran Richard Duchossois was awarded the William H. May Award from the Association of Racing Commissioners International. The award recognizes meritorious service to racing by an individual or group.

The award was presented April 23 durin...More

Saratoga Springs, NY The RCI Board of Directors unanimously has approved a drug reclassification of stanozolol, boldenone, nandrolone, and testosterone, moving the anabolic steroids to Class 3 from Class 4. This change in classification clears the way ...More

Key regulators from several major racing states - California, New York, Kentucky, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Delaware, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire - announced today that they will begin the process of requiring...More

Statement of RCI President Ed Martin The New York State Racing and Wagering Board today gave final passage of a rule requiring that tote companies provide for the independent monitoring of all pari-mutuel pools. The independent, automated, real t...More