NHBPA One day after The Jockey Club’s Round Table Conference, the press has been inundated with comments, criticism and concerns revolving around the support of The Jockey Club, along with the American Humane Society and others, for H.R. 3084. As has been stated in several press statements, and after full review and discussion of the [...]

Blood-Horse Is the current push for federal legislation to authorize equine medication oversight in Thoroughbred racing really just about banning race-day anti-bleeding medication? Will the agreed-upon federal bill be rewritten to include Standardbred and Quarter Horse racing—even if they don't want to be part of it? Would oversight by the United States Anti-Doping Agency of [...]

NHBPA The National HBPA Board of Directors elected Leroy Gessmann as president of North America’s largest horsemen’s association during the NHBPA’s Summer Convention held Aug. 6-9 in Denver. Gessmann is president of the Iowa HBPA and most recently served as First Vice President and Central Region Vice President for the National HBPA. Gessmann takes over [...]

ARCI release The President of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) today predicted that the currently unregulated horse breeding industry will ultimately be folded into any federal racing legislation that advances in Washington. “I fully anticipate that as current proposals advance in the legislative process, Members of Congress will heed comments made by a [...]

Blood-Horse State-by-state efforts to bring about uniformity in medication policies, drug testing, and enforcement aren't sufficient to move the Thoroughbred industry forward as it struggles to improve its brand, speakers said Aug. 9 at The Jockey Club Round Table conference. Medication issues dominated the second half of the two-hour conference held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [...]

Blood-Horse The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Safety Committee will implement a centralized database for racehorse necropsy information and has recommended all horses that come off the vet's list be subject to testing based on current medication rules. Since its inception in 2008, the committee has made about 20 recommendations designed to improve racehorse health and safety. [...]

Paulick Report Following Sunday’s Jockey Club Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing, held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the following statements were issued by Ed Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International. The ARCI is an umbrella organization of racing regulators in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and Trinidad-Tobago. For more on [...]

Blood-Horse The Thoroughbred Racing Associations Board of Directors reiterated its commitment to the implementation of uniform medication policies with a sense of urgency throughout the U.S, at its Aug. 7 meeting in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The board reviewed the progress made in the adoption of uniform rules proposed by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium [...]

NHBPA The National HBPA’s annual Summer Convention will commence on August 6 and run through August 9 at the Grand Hyatt Denver in Colorado. The meeting of North America’s largest horsemen’s association is being hosted by the Colorado Horseracing Association. The first full day of the convention on Friday will include a legislative affairs forum [...]

Blood-Horse The sizable faction of owners and trainers dissatisfied with the leadership of the New England affiliate of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association has splintered to form the new Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. "We filed all of the paperwork with the office of the Massachusetts Secretary of State yesterday," said Billy Lagorio, who was [...]