Racing Welfare and Medication

The American Quarter Horse Association believes the welfare of the American Quarter Horse is of paramount importance. AQHA is a single-equine breed registry and not directly involved with regulation, but strongly supports industry efforts to improve racing welfare, and works closely with international, national and state regulatory bodies to improve standards and insure integrity.

Racing integrity is a key priority. The industry continues to work toward bringing forth the very best science, the very best standards for monitoring, with uniformity and reciprocity of rules of law across state lines to secure the integrity of the sport.