Nicholas Brady, a Thoroughbred owner and breeder for more than five decades, has joined the Water Hay Oats Alliance. Brady served as a United States Senator from New Jersey and as Secretary of Treasury (1988-1993). He released this statement in support of WHOA, a grassroots movement supporting the passage of federal legislation to appoint USADA to develop and oversee an independent anti-doping program for U.S. horse racing:
“It is becoming increasingly obvious that we are at war on the issue of medication,…at war among ourselves. We will lose that war by default if every organization in racing continues to forge its own consensus on medication. The time has come for us to end our internal disputes and come together to find an equitable solution to this program. I recognize that it is a complicated program and that feelings are strong and polarized. But if our industry wants to control its own destiny,…we must develop support for an industry-wide medication policy and then take effective actions to restore public confidence in racing. I said this 37 years ago and it is even more important today.”
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