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 [...]

Statement from Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (HISA) is constitutional, setting up a split with the Fifth Circuit, which ruled it unconstitutional. “Today, we stand firmly on our victory in the Fifth Circuit, however we [...]

Fifty years ago this March, Secretariat began his 3-year-old campaign in the Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct. Over the ensuing months, the chestnut colt became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, setting new track records in each of the three races. His 31-length Belmont Stakes victory was the stuff with which legends are [...]