A show trainer picks a rulebook: USEF, FEI, the breed association. A racing trainer cannot, because the rule that applies depends on where the horse races, what breed it is, and whether the federal program is in force there. The same Quarter Horse shipping from Louisiana to Texas is under two different sets of medication rules, and neither is HISA.
That is why racing got its own product. ShowSafe Pro Racing now carries the medication rules of all 32 US states with live pari-mutuel racing, 111 tracks and 64 rulesets, each one a jurisdiction, a breed and the rulebooks that apply in order.
The thing you pick is a ruleset, not a body
Pick the track, or the breed and the state, and the ruleset follows. A horse entered at a track that races one breed needs no breed at all. Each ruleset is layered: for every substance, the first layer that lists it answers, and the next layer is read only where the one above is silent.
- Thoroughbreds in a HISA state are under the HISA Anti-Doping and Medication Control program, which takes the place of the state medication rules for covered horses. New York's own Thoroughbred regulation is loaded for reference, but the engine applies HISA.
- Standardbreds and Quarter Horses in the same state are under the state commission, with the ARCI model rules behind it. Kentucky's 810 KAR 8:010, 8:020 and 8:025 cover Standardbred, Quarter Horse, Appaloosa and Arabian racing.
- Where HISA is not in force, Thoroughbreds are under the state too. Louisiana and West Virginia are outside it by federal court order; Texas is outside it; Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and Idaho hold no covered races. Each ruleset records the source for that finding.
Thresholds are not times
Most state commissions publish thresholds, a concentration in blood or urine, rather than hours. A threshold tells a laboratory what counts as a positive; it does not tell a trainer when to stop. Where a state row has no time, ShowSafe Pro says Unknown and shows the RMTC withdrawal guidance beside it, labelled as advisory, the same way it does beside HISA. The state's own "nothing after entry" window, 24 or 48 hours, is applied as a rule on top. So is a rule like New York harness racing's: no other drug within one week of post time.
Transcribed twice
Each state regulation was transcribed from the official administrative code, or from the Cornell LII copy where the state site sits behind a browser challenge, with the section and the quoted line kept on every row. Then every state source was transcribed again by an independent pass with no access to the first, and the two were compared row by row on substance, status, hours, route, dose and threshold. Only rows that match are marked verified; the rest stay marked transcribed, and every result shows its review status. No value has yet been signed off by a veterinarian, and the result says so.
Watched every day
Every one of the 68 source documents is re-downloaded daily and its hash compared. A changed document or a newly posted list alerts us, and the changed values go back for review. A rule effective on a future date applies automatically to races on or after it.
Who it is for, and what it costs
ShowSafe Pro Racing is $19.99 a month or $199 a year, on iPhone and the web, with a 14-day free trial. It includes the show rulebooks too. Trainers who only race can sign up for the same plan as ThoroughSafe or StandardbredSafe, with the breed set and only the racing rulebooks shown. On a StallWise barn plan, the racing rulebooks are a $10 a month add-on.
The trainer is strictly liable under every one of these rules, and a calculator is not a defence. What ShowSafe Pro Racing gives you is the right document, the right section and the right number for the state and breed you are actually racing in, before you call your vet.