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From National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback: The National HBPA advocates for extensive and complete surveillance, uniformity based on transparent research, and zero tolerance of any cheating, doping, or race fixing. What we have seen thus far the situation with Bob Baffert and Medina Spirit is not any of those things. Like many in the [...]
Big Bass winner Brian Lynch (Photo courtesy Finish Line Horse Products) Finish Line Horse Products is dedicated to supporting the Thoroughbred industry on and off the track. Due to the success of its 2020 Fishing Tournament, Finish Line Horse Products hosted another tournament in 2021. They continue to strive to show their [...]
A strong lineup of speakers has been announced for the 20th annual Track Superintendents Field Day set for June 14-15 at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. The meeting brings together track superintendents and staff to discuss best practices related to track maintenance, safety and operational issues for racing and training facilities. Among the speakers on [...]
ISSUES WITH HISA The lack of a funding mechanism is just one of the problems with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act By Kimberly Brewer, DVM, MSc; Clara Fenger, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; William Knoll; and Abelardo Morales, DVM, MSc On December 27, President Donald Trump signed into law a government funding bill and COVID-19 relief [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 2021 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: Special Key The story of an incredible bond between a mother, her daughter and a racehorse [...]
U.S. Congress created a private organization with federal authority to make laws, issue subpoenas and collect money LUBBOCK, Texas (March 15, 2021) — Organizations representing Thoroughbred horse owners and trainers have filed a federal lawsuit to stop a new law in which Congress punted on its legislative duties and, instead, handed the power to [...]
The organizers of the Track Superintendents Field Day are pleased to announce that the 20th edition of the event will be held June 14-15, 2021, at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. The event brings together track superintendents and staff annually to discuss best practices related to track maintenance, safety and operational issues for racing and [...]
Message from Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National HBPA: Dear owners, trainers, breeders, racing officials, race track employees, and all horse racing enthusiasts, Today I want to bring to light the importance of SB120, a bill which protects historical horse racing (HHR) in Kentucky. The bill has passed through the Senate Licensing and Occupations [...]
The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) Foundation has announced the allocation of $20,000 in scholarships to students pursuing equine studies or a related field within the state of Kentucky. Ten separate $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to students from any state who have decided to study within the equine, animal science or agriculture industry of [...]
OwnerView announced today that the 2021 Thoroughbred Owner Conference will be held as a free series of virtual panels over nine months. The conference series, hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Dean Dorton, and Stoll Keenon Ogden, will be held on the first Tuesday [...]