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Benoit Photo (from the Summer 2024 issue of The Horsemen's Journal) By Clara Fenger, DVM, PHD, DACVIM; Kimberly Brewer, DVM; and Thomas Tobin, MRCVS, PHD, DABT Horses are arguably the most well-adapted elite athletes of the animal kingdom. One of the most efficient biomechanical specimens, horses originally evolved this efficiency to elude predation, [...]
(from the Summer 2024 issue of The Horsemen's Journal) The Time to Stand Together is Now -- Before It's Too Late The last few months in horse racing have been trying, to say the least. While many in the industry seem to misinterpret what the role of the National HBPA actually is, I would [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Summer 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: Win-Win Programs Stable Recovery, Taylor Made School of Horsemanship provide multiple benefits to participants and the [...]
Time for Trouble, outside, rallied from near-last to beat Proverb by a head in last December's Claiming Crown Kent Stirling Memorial Iron Horse at the Fair Grounds. (Photo by Hodges Photography) Time for Trouble has been selected as the 2023 Claiming Crown Horse of the Year, the now 7-year-old gelding being only the third two-time [...]
Dear Horsemen and Horsewomen, I am writing to each of you on behalf of the National HBPA Foundation, urgently seeking your support for our fellow horsemen at Will Rogers Downs in Oklahoma. On Saturday, May 25th, a devastating tornado struck the area, causing significant damage to the track, backside and surrounding area. Many of our horsemen and their [...]
National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback, left, and National HBPA President and Board Chair Dr. Doug Daniels at Churchill Downs for the 2022 Claiming Crown. Photo by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation The 2024 National HBPA Conference, set for July 23-26 at Iowa’s Prairie Meadows, is designed to provide additional insight and clarity into horse racing’s [...]
We asked horsemen to join us demanding racehorse testing policies that incorporate common sense and science. We asked you to raise your voice to insist that HISA/HIWU utilize established research and qualified veterinary scientists to set allowable thresholds below which substances have no pharmacological effect on racehorses. More than 1,430 of you from around the [...]
Iowa HBPA: HISA gets no credit for improved 2023 stats; Toe-grab rule coincided with Prairie Meadows' 2022 deaths IA HBPA response to HISA town hall comment on PMRC catastrophic breakdowns: Unfortunately, as is typically the case with the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority (HISA) corporation, CEO Lisa Lazarus left out important details from her [...]
Photo by Coady Media The following article is from the Spring 2024 issue of The Horsemen's Journal: By Kimberly Brewer, DVM; Clara Fenger, DVM, PHD, DACVIM; Andreas Lehner, MS, PHD; and Thomas Tobin, MRCVS, PHD, DABT The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control regulations went into effect May [...]
Eric Hamelback (Photo by Denis Blake) Following is National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback's letter from the latest issue of The Horsemen's Journal: Welcome to our first edition of The Horsemen’s Journal for 2024. I am excited for what the new year holds for all of us, and I am ready for our [...]