The Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau has advised that, effective January 1, 2025, the cost of TRPB Digital Tattoo® Certification will be set to US $110/CA $150 plus any sales tax if applicable. The TRPB’s core objective of the horse identification program is to provide a safe and secure means of equine identification at the racetrack [...]
Letter to horsemen, horsewomen from National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback Dear Horsemen and Horsewomen: I am writing to let you know how the National HBPA continues to fight for horsemen and horsewomen in the courts. In 2021, we filed a lawsuit with twelve state affiliates charging that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Fall 2024 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: Serious Conversations National HBPA Conference at Prairie Meadows Racetrack tackles no-effect thresholds, HISA, CAW and more [...]
Letter from Eric Hamelback, National HBPA CEO Thanks to the hard work and support of horsemen and horsewomen, the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) is making significant strides in its effort to bring common sense and fairness to horse-racing regulations. HISA’s proposed rule changes to receiving barn facilities and protocols acknowledge what [...]
For the 2024-25 Delta Downs’ and Fair Grounds’ thoroughbred race meets, beginning in October 2024 and ending by March 2025, all stakes races restricted to Louisiana bred horses shall have a minimum purse of one hundred thousand dollars (excluding starter races). Also, regarding the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association yearling sale to be conducted on [...]
Photo by Jack Coady/Coady Photography Cecil Peters’ Shotshell rolled to a front-running 7 1/2-length victory in Friday night’s $50,000 Kent Stirling Memorial Iron Horse Claiming Crown Prep at Prairie Meadows, receiving an automatic berth in the corresponding Claiming Crown race Nov. 16 at Churchill Downs. Trainer Jose Gonzalez, in his first year racing [...]
National HBPA President Dr. Doug Daniels, left, and NHBPA CEO Eric Hamelback Friday night at Prairie Meadows. Photo by Michelle McShane Dr. Doug Daniels, a horse owner and equine veterinarian in Virginia, was re-elected by unanimous acclamation for a second three-year term as the National HBPA’s President and Chairman of the Board. Saturday’s [...]
The 2024 Kent Stirling Memorial Medication panel. From left: Dr. Clara Fenger, Dr. Tom Tobin, Dr. Rob Holland and trainer Ron Moquett. Photo by Denis Blake/NHBPA What could sharks possibly have to do with a presentation at the National HBPA Conference at Prairie Meadows? Well, just in time for Friday’s Kent Stirling [...]
Thursday's panel discussing fixed odds on horse racing. From left: moderator Michele Fischer, Ed Fenasci, Kim Oliver and Dan Hartman. (Photo by Denis Blake/NHBPA) The new reality of Computer Assisted Wagering’s escalating presence in racetrack’s pools and the emergence of horse racing as a fixed-odds betting product on sportsbooks were the focus of [...]
Owner Brent Malmstrom Horse owner Brent Malmstrom told Wednesday’s opening session of the annual National HBPA Conference that he has spent more than $620,000 - “with no end in sight” — on fighting the two-year suspension handed trainer Jonathon Wong after one of Wong’s horses became the first to test positive in a [...]