The core of HFL's drug testing expertise stems from its long association with equine sport, particularly thoroughbred horseracing. Since the 1960's HFL has continually been involved in pioneering research and development work, contributing to many internationally agreed regulations that underpin the Rules of Racing. This means testing services are always evolving to meet new threats to the integrity of equine sport, to support the welfare of competing horses and to underpin confidence in the betting industry.

We offer a comprehensive drug screening service for urine and blood samples, detecting the major groups of prohibited substance, including:

For more technical details on testing and our service level agreements, please use the contact form.

Confirmatory analysis

A suspicious screening finding should always be confirmed by a second confirmatory analysis that utilises techniques designed to identify individual prohibited substances according to their unique molecular structure. Confirmatory analytical data is designed to withstand legal scrutiny.

At HFL the confirmatory analysis services provides:

• Individual scientist able to provide expert advice and evidence
• Separate analysis by nominated scientist
• Multiple integrity checking
• Fully detailed documentation to support the conclusion

Techniques

The laboratory is equipped with state of the art equipment and uses a combination of techniques including:

• Mass spectrometry
• Gas Chromatography
• Liquid Chromatography
• Immunoassay

HFL's logistics team provides urine and blood collection kits to meet your sample integrity and chain of custody requirements:

• Tamper evident seals and bags
• Bar coded labels
• Courier management service
• Secure, long-term storage of samples and data

We can also provide data archiving and secure sample storage facilities.