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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 [...]
With an eye toward the future of our industry, Clear Creek Stud will be making a $5,000 scholarship donation in the name of their clients to a student with Louisiana-based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry. The scholarship recipient will be chosen by the Louisiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Winter 2020 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: One for the Record Books Jockey Luis Saez captures five Claiming Crown Races and handle hits [...]
Where Are We Going from Here? By Leroy Gessmann, National HBPA President and Chairman of the Board By the time this op-ed goes to print, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) could very well be headed to the White House to be signed into law. The bill, S. 4547, is being sold as a [...]
Photo by Coglianese Photos By the time the Claiming Crown had ended Saturday at Gulfstream Park – after a record $14.6 million was wagered on the event – it was clear how much the Claiming Crown had grown over the past nine years at Gulfstream. Not only was this a day when a [...]
Luis Saez (Photo by Lauren King/Coglianese Photos) Luis Saez, a two-time Championship Meet titlist who began his U.S. career in South Florida, rode the winners of six races on Saturday’s 11-race program at Gulfstream Park. The 28-year-old native of Panama rode the winners of five of the nine Claiming Crown stakes, including [...]
Fiya (Photo by Derbe Glass/Coglianese Photos) Robert Masiello’s Fiya blazed to victory in Saturday’s $90,000 Claiming Crown Canterbury at Gulfstream Park, collecting his fifth straight victory since being transferred to turf. The Canterbury was one of nine stakes in the 22nd edition of the Claiming Crown, an annual event that pays tribute to [...]
High Noon Rider (Photo by Lauren King/Coglianese Photos) GenStar Thoroughbreds’ High Noon Rider, having spent the summer and early fall on the road, returned home to register the biggest win of his 55-race career with a shocking 50-1 upset of the $95,000 Claiming Crown Emerald Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile Emerald [...]