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We have 10 days to make a difference! Congress must address federal spending bills for the remainder of fiscal year 2017 by April 28 to avoid a government shutdown. The primary opportunity that we have for getting the Returning Worker Exemption reenacted and saving the H-2B visa program for this season is by inclusion of [...]
Please make arrangements to join us at the Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport on June 29th & 30th for the upcoming 2017 summer Executive Committee meeting. A full meeting agenda will be posted on our website and emailed closer to June. In the meantime, please note the following timeline: Thursday, June 29th: 1:00 pm Welcome/ [...]
Chanel's Legacy (Photo by Coady Photography) The number of registered Thoroughbreds born in Iowa in 2014 was 253, or 1.1 percent of the entire North American crop. But two are in graded stakes during Oaklawn Park’s Racing Festival of the South: Rockin Rudy in Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby and Chanel’s Legacy in [...]
Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA), a ministry that serves the horse racing industry at racetracks and training facilities across the United States and beyond, has announced this year’s board of directors: Elliott Walden (President)- President & CEO, WinStar Farm. Has served RTCA on many levels, working closely with both the KY. and NY. Chaplaincies. [...]
PLEASE ASK CONGRESS TO #SAVEH2B AND SUPPORT IMMEDIATE CAP RELIEF by signing this online petition on this link. Many businesses such as those within our racing industry will not be receiving their seasonal guest workers. Without these legal, temporary employees American businesses and workers are in jeopardy. The H-2B Visa nonimmigrant program allows employers to [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 2017 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of our Spring issue, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: ALL FOR ONE Horsemen gather in Las Vegas for the National HBPA’s Annual Convention with a [...]
"Salty" Roberts Horace William “Salty” Roberts, founder of Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA), passed away Friday at the age of 85. Salty died at a hospice care center in Hollywood, Florida, located near his home in Cooper City, following a sustained illness. Salty witnessed and experienced firsthand the needs of what he [...]
J Boys Echo at Churchill Downs under Tammy Fox. (Photo by Coady Photography) Kentucky Derby: Full Court Press This is the second installment of “Kentucky Derby: Full Court Press,” which centers on Albaugh Family Stable’s 3-year-old colt J Boys Echo and his team. The series is written by veteran turf journalist Jennie Rees [...]
J Boys Echo won the March 4 Gotham at Aqueduct under Robby Albarado. Credit: Chelsea Durand/Coglianese Photography Kentucky Derby: Full Court Press We’re breaking from the gate for a blog series on the behind-the-scenes work involved in getting a horse ready for the May 6 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. “Kentucky Derby: [...]
The Kentucky HBPA, one of the country’s largest horsemen’s organizations, has endorsed EquiLottery, the innovative lottery product based on the results of live horse racing. Brad Cummings, EquiLottery’s founder and chief executive officer, called the stamp of approval from the Kentucky division of the Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association “an important piece in moving the [...]