The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Summer 2023 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: Double Decade Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Kentucky celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023 HISA Adjudication [...]
The organizers of Track Superintendent Field Day have established a diverse agenda with many noted industry participants set to speak at the annual event set for June 11-13 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Registration is now open for the gathering, which is free to attend for track superintendents and staff. For more than 20 years, Track Superintendent [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 2023 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: From Beginning To End Overreach of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act permeates National HBPA Conference in [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Winter 2022 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: Claiming Crown Mike Maker adds to his record haul with victories by Keystone Field, Invaluable; Tom Van [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Fall 2022 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: More Challenges Complicated obstacles await HISA medication regulations due to start Jan. 1 Anatomy of an Outbreak [...]
National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback's comment on U.S. District Court Judge Doughty issuing a temporary injunction halting enforcement of the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Act in Louisiana and West Virginia: Many will see today as a win or a loss, but rest assured the efforts by the National HBPA and its affiliates are [...]
Photo courtesy John Engelhardt An op-ed by Dave Basler, executive director of the Ohio HBPA: Recently Tom Rooney of the NTRA released a statement regarding the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). I agree with Mr. Rooney that change is never easy, especially when the change is being forced by a private [...]
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 326 deadly barn fires occurred during the period 2013-2017. In 2022 a devastating fire hurt the Indiana Thoroughbred breeding industry when one Indiana farm burned to the ground. Broodmares carrying the dreams of breeders were lost in the fire and the dream of owners were crushed. A [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Summer 2022 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: Ready or Not What the July 1 start date for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act regulations [...]
From left, Mickey Sajche and Otto Thorwarth, Chaplains at the Indiana HBPA with Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager at Horseshoe Indianapolis. (Photo by Tammy Knox) Transporting members just became a little easier for the Indiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA). The organization received a shuttle bus from Horseshoe Indianapolis, adding [...]