Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will introduce a new version of the Horseracing Integrity Act in September, but horsemen have claimed foul.
In the wake of tracks’ decisions to rule off Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, the national HBPA and Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association are calling for enhanced due process rights.
Mid-Atlantic horsemen’s groups and regulators have called for a ban on bisphosphonates in young horses.
Reps. Andy Barr and Paul Tonko reintroduced the Horseracing Integrity Act today – a Congressional bill that may gain momentum in the wake of 22 equine fatalities at Santa Anita.
Panelists at the HBPA convention called for the racing industry to make past performance data freely (or cheaply) available as a way to increase handle.
The National HBPA horsemen’s meeting set for March 12-16 will focus on what racing is getting right and how it can do better.
The March 2019 HBPA convention will be keynoted by a panel from the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation, a sort of racing think tank.
The Jockeys’ Guild has taken a position not quite for, and not quite against, pending legislation to nationalize racing drug rules in hopes a consensus will form.
Sunday’s Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park hopes to drum up excitement for the event itself. Let’s say that excitement is still developing.
Yesterday’s Horse Caucus hearing revealed that even in Congress people who agree with each other tend to agree with each other, and also that racing continues to work at cross-purposes.