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 [...]
The New Mexico Horsemen’s Association has filed an ethics complaint against the agencies that regulate racing in the state as part of the ongoing dispute over racetracks unlawfully diverting purse money to go toward track expenses and the racing commission’s retaliatory effort to defund the horsemen’s organization. Additionally, the NMHA has asked a judge to [...]
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that it will host the 10th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit on June 22, 2022, at Keeneland. The event will be co-hosted by The Jockey Club. The previous summit was held in June 2020 as a virtual webinar series due to COVID-19. Like previous summits, the event will [...]
The International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) announced today that it will be hosting its sixth forum as a series of two virtual webinars in April. The sessions, which will include a combination of prerecorded content and live discussions, will be held on 5 and 19 April at 12 p.m. BST (11 a.m. [...]
Raymond Joseph "Randy" Funkhouser II, 70, died peacefully on February 4, 2022. Randy is survived by his beloved wife of 46 years, Clissy, sons John and Joe Funkhouser, daughter Kate Brown, son-in-law Mike Brown, grandson Clyde Brown, sister Ann Strite-Kurz and a vast network of adoring family and friends and his loyal dog Finnegan. He [...]