Rick Hiles with Sugar Cube/Jennie Rees photo Statement from Kentucky HBPA President Rick Hiles on the Kentucky General Assembly unanimously passing a resolution (SR 243 and HR 98) raising concerns about the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act: We applaud the Kentucky Senate, led by sponsors Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer and John [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 2023 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of the printed magazine, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: From Beginning To End Overreach of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act permeates National HBPA Conference in [...]
Rick Hiles with Sugar Cube/Jennie Rees photo By Rick Hiles Anthony Manganaro should get his facts straight before running his mouth. His attack on the National HBPA and its affiliates is as inaccurate as it is unfair and shows a lack of understanding of the industry. Let’s get something straight about the [...]
The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) released the following statement regarding today’s decision by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to approve of Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) rules proposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (Authority). “The Authority is barreling forward to implement HISA, and the FTC is enabling it by [...]
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium’s (RMTC) Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) has been asked by several Thoroughbred industry stakeholders to perform an analysis and, where data permits, develop withdrawal guidance associated with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) proposed Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Screening Limits and Detection Times. The RMTC Board of Directors [...]
Photo by Coady Photography Horse racing, perhaps more than any other sport, can produce unexpected and heart-warming stories that almost defy believability. In the 1930s, a former claiming horse named Seabiscuit rose to stardom and captured the attention of a nation reeling from the Great Depression. And just last year, Cody’s Wish scored [...]
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. Denis Blake/National HBPA photo The following op-ed by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry was sent out by his office: As a young boy, I spent summers mucking out stalls, painting fences, and helping out on my great-uncle's farm. Early in the mornings, his grandson and I could hear [...]
Trainers Talk (from left): Jason Barkley, Ron Faucheux, Bret Calhoun and National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback. Photo by Denis Blake/National HBPA The 2023 National HBPA Annual Conference closed with a lively discussion with three prominent horsemen who questioned the need, validity and overreach of federal legislation pitched as the so-called savior of [...]
University of Kentucky's Dr. Thomas Tobin. Denis Blake/National HBPA photo Screening levels based on science for post-race testing are essential for the integrity of the horse-racing industry — as is public information about how such policy is made. While fleas and dogs got (separately) into the discussion, that was the major takeaway from [...]
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. Denis Blake/National HBPA photo Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Daniel Suhr, managing attorney for the Liberty Justice Center, told an assembly of racehorse owners, trainers and racing regulators Tuesday that they expect the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (HISA) to wind up before the U.S. Supreme [...]