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Oaklawn management has cancelled Thursday’s nine-race card (January 18) due to frigid temperatures. Central Arkansas has been experiencing near record lows since Monday night and for the safety of the horses and horsemen, the decision to cancel racing was made. Oaklawn will remain open for gaming and simulcast racing. The game room will remain open [...]
The most important number for trainer Ron Moquett this year at Oaklawn might be 75. More specifically, it’s $75,000, the eye-popping purse amount to begin the meeting for maiden special weights runners. Moquett, who lives adjacent to Oaklawn’s backstretch, has approximately 40 horses on the grounds. Roughly half are maidens. Roughly half of those [...]
The 17th annual track superintendents' field day will be held March 25-27 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Hosted by Oaklawn Park, the event will begin on Sunday, March 25, with a welcome reception and continue with workshops and demonstrations on Monday and Tuesday. There are no registration fees for the event, as it is supported by [...]
Laissez les bons temps rouler! The National HBPA will hold its 2018 convention at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel New Orleans at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets from Tuesday, March 13, through Saturday, March 17. Registration and hotel reservations are now open! A tentative agenda and complete information is available at www.hbpa.org/convention and [...]
Registration is now open for the National HBPA Convention set for March 7-11, 2017, at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas. The tentative agenda is also posted. Click here for information about the convention and registration. The NHBPA March event will be the only convention in 2017. Elected HBPA horsemen from [...]
To all trainers, horse owners and farm owners/managers: On Monday, we need to light up the phone lines to Congress. We must rally our forces to make sure that Congress re-instates the Returning Worker Exemption that allows our temporary migrant work force to be in the U.S. legally for 10 months a year, return [...]
Arkansas HBPA President: Linda Gaston Owner Directors: Terry Dunlavy Jeanette Milligan Robert Tucker Bill Walmsley Gary Woodall First Alternate: Ron Ball Trainer Directors: Terry Brennan Jinks Fires Steve Hobby Ron Moquette Don Von Hemel First Alternate: Rick Jackson