Equestrian Federation to Move Testing and Research Facility to Lexington

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced that it will move its Ithaca, New York-based Equine Drug Testing and Research Lab to the University of Kentucky’s Coldstream Research Campus, it was announced at a Friday press conference.

The relocation of the lab, expected to be completed during the first week of December, will create a dozen specialized new jobs and a capital investment of nearly $1.5 million to the Commonwealth. USEF CEO John Long said five staffers currently employed in the Ithaca office will make the move to a building now being prepared at 1509 Bull Lea Road, in Coldstream.

“We have been talking about this relocation now for a couple of years. We would not have been able to do this without the help of the Beshear Administration and the tax law passed by the legislature,” Long said citing tax incentives that made the move easier for the USEF, which is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park. Read more…


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