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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 [...]
Groom Carlos Orantes accepts the award for the best turned out horse in race 9. For the fourth consecutive year, Centennial Farms sponsored the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) Best Turned Out Horse Awards during the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Card Jan. 29, 2022 at Gulfstream Park. A cash prize and TAA gift bag were [...]
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), legislation scheduled to go into effect July 1, will be the subject of a special edition of Kentucky Racing Spotlight this Friday from 6-7 p.m. ET on Louisville's ESPN 680 AM. Eric Hamelback and Ed Martin, the CEOs respectively of the National Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association (NHBPA) and [...]
Owners David Staudacher, right, and Peter Proscia led Special Reserve and jockey Joel Rosario into the winner's circle after capturing last fall's Grade 2 Phoenix Stakes. (Keeneland/Coady Photography) Special Reserve started last season being claimed for $40,000 and ended 2021 as the National HBPA Claiming Horse of the Year. In between, the [...]
OwnerView announced today that registration is open for its in-person Thoroughbred Owner Conference, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, on July 25-26, 2022. This will be the first in-person Thoroughbred Owner Conference since 2019. The 2020 conference, which was scheduled to be held in Saratoga, was canceled due [...]