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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 [...]
The National HBPA has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FTC urging them to issue no-effect thresholds for pharmacologically irrelevant concentrations of foreign substances that have no effect on a horse. The FTC is now seeking public comments on the petition, and if you want change, they need to hear from you now! Just [...]
Today, the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (HBPA) and twelve state affiliates won their second court victory as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) was found unconstitutional yet again. The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that HISA violated the private non-delegation doctrine. The Court reasoned that Congress unlawfully [...]
Today, the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (HBPA) filed a Petition for Rulemaking under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), requesting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create no-effect thresholds. A no-effect threshold, also known as a no-effect screening limit or no-effect cutoff, is a laboratory testing detection level below which no owner or trainer [...]