The two-day Pan American Conference, co-hosted by the Jockey Club and the Latin American Racing Channel, concluded at the Grand Hyatt Washington, featuring over 400 participants and prominent speakers from the thoroughbred racing industry. Keynote speaker Louis Romanet emphasized the necessity for horses to compete free of medication and the importance of harmonizing anti-doping rules globally. He also highlighted the critical need for out-of-competition testing to identify new doping agents.

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2. The two-day Pan American Conference, co-hosted by The
Jockey Club and the Latin American Racing Channel (LARC),
has concluded at the Grand Hyatt Washington.
The Conference was featured with presentations on a wide
variety of topics by prominent individuals from inside and
outside the Thoroughbred racing industry. The conference was
attended by more than 400 participants from 25 countries. The
lineup of speakers included Bill Thomason, the president and
chief executive officer of Keeneland Association; Noted sports
anti-doping attorney Professor Richard McLaren, OC; Jon
Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports; Larry Bowers,
PhD, who served as chief science officer of the United States
Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) until his recent retirement; and
Louis Romanet, chairman of the International Federation of
Horseracing Authorities.

3. Romanet, chairman of the International Federation of
Horseracing Authorities, said horses should compete
only when they are free of medication and drugs.
Romanet highlighted on the importance of the
worldwide harmonization of the anti-doping rules
and out-of-competition testing and also remarked we
must have out-of-competition testing because we
have new major doping agents and without out-of-
competition testing we will not find them.