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Contact: Alexa Ravit, HIWU Director of Communications & Outreach • (816) 516-9572 • aravit@hiwu.org

𝐇𝐈𝐖𝐔 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) announced today the release of its 2025 Annual Report. The full report is available here.

The Annual Report details HIWU’s organization-wide activities as the independent enforcement agency of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program. Among the highlights are statistics on testing, results management, the adjudication of cases, investigations, and educational efforts.

In addition to extensive ADMC data, the 2025 Annual Report summarizes new procedures, programs, and technologies that were incorporated last year to further enhance the ADMC Program. Among the significant additions were the launch of the HISA Equine Analytical Laboratory (HEAL) Accreditation Program, standardization of sample collection equipment nationwide, and development of a Learning Management System for training and recertifying Sample Collection Personnel.

“HIWU’s 2025 Annual Report reflects our team’s continued success in administering HISA’s ADMC Program,” said Ben Mosier, executive director for HIWU. “With our role in the Thoroughbred industry now established, we have been able to invest in meaningful projects that will ensure a professional, effective, and fair Program that will benefit racing participants for years to come.”

All Annual Reports and Quarterly Statistics are archived in the About Us section of the HIWU website at hiwu.org for viewing anytime.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭

The Horse racing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) was established in 2022 by Drug Free Sport International to administer the rules and enforcement mechanisms of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program. The ADMC Program established a centralized testing and results management process that applies uniform penalties for violations efficiently and consistently across all American Thoroughbred racing jurisdictions that HISA governs. As the enforcement agency of the ADMC Program, HIWU oversees all testing processes, including the selection of horses to be tested, training of sample collection personnel, and chain-of-custody procedures. Additionally, HIWU is charged with industry/stakeholder education, laboratory accreditation, results management and adjudication, and investigations. For more information, please visit www.hiwu.org. ... See MoreSee Less