Hello everyone, At the National HBPA/NHAC Full Board meeting March 5, 2022, I used the time set aside as my CEO Update to request all of our affiliates to stand with me by challenging the negative label continually couched through the phrase “maintaining status quo”. I am sure you have all heard this recently; [...]
(from Jockeys and Jeans news release) Jockeys and Jeans, a volunteer group dedicated to raising funds for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), today named Caesars Entertainment Inc. Vice President of Racing Joe Morris an official Jockeys and Jeans Ambassador. In this role, Morris will advocate for wounded jockeys' financial support, make known the inherent [...]
(from Grayson-Jockey Club news release) The board of directors of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that it has authorized expenditure of $1,661,180 to fund 15 new projects and 10 continuing projects at 16 universities as well as three career development awards. The 2022 slate of research brings Grayson’s totals since 1983 to more than [...]
Trainers must adjust to the times to have any hope of alleviating the chronic shortage of backstretch workers. That was among the takeaways at a panel on guest-worker programs and employee development Friday morning for the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association Conference at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. “What does it matter if you want [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, March 3, 2022, issued an order approving without exception all the racetrack safety regulations propounded by the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority (HISA). The rubber-stamp order accepted without issue all of the proposed rules as well as acceptance of the Authority’s responses to the comments submitted by industry [...]
Pingpong, anyone? How about horse racing instead? Dave Basler sees betting on table tennis in Asia and envisions it being replaced with horse racing in America’s burgeoning sports books. “We can fill that void a lot of times during the day so that they don’t have to play table tennis from China or cricket from [...]
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announced today that it received a $75,000 donation from the Ohio Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA), long-time supporters of the nation’s oldest and largest racehorse adoption program. The funds will support aftercare efforts at New Vocations’ Medina, OH, facility, which caters specifically to rehabbing, retraining and rehoming Thoroughbred racehorses [...]
Ron Moquett (Photo by Denis Blake/National HBPA) Trainer Ron Moquett, who is on the board of the Arkansas HBPA, said he decided 12 years ago “to be invested in the sport. I’ve got my money, my blood, sweat and tears, I’m going to be a part of the HBPA. I’m going to be [...]
D. Wayne Lukas, the most transformative trainer in at least horse racing’s modern era, delivered Wednesday’s keynote speech at the National HBPA Conference at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Ark. Video: watch D. Wayne Lukas' keynote address and Nancy Holthus' introduction. Courtesy Oaklawn Park The 86-year-old Lukas challenged everyone in horse racing [...]
Photo by Denis Blake/National HBPA The National HBPA’s National Conference at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort broke from the gate Wednesday with a panel on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act entitled “HISA: Where are we now?” It was a question largely answered with more questions, as has been the case with much of [...]