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"Research to find alternative methods to detect bisphosphonates in Thoroughbreds will be carried out in California...by the University of California-Davis K.L. Maddy Equine Pharmacology Laboratory...The work has been made possible through a gift from Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stables.The support was offered following an appeal by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the Racing Medication & Testing Consortium (RMTC), and the American Association of Equine Practitioners in June last year for research proposals to investigate bisphosphonate use in racehorses and in young racing prospects intended for sale at public auction...Grayson’s research projects for 2020 include another study regarding bisphosphonates, “Bisphosphonates and Fatal Musculoskeletal Injury.” The study, based at Cornell University, is supported by the RMTC and the Klein Family Foundation." (fb)