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 [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 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: Harnessing Success Saddle Up Scholars program promotes horses and academics to underserved youth in Maryland Responsible [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Winter 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 Up Joe Sharp sends out the Claiming Crown Jewel and Emerald winners, plus recaps of the [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Fall 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: Lesson Plan Amplify Horse Racing continues to evolve with a goal of educating potential employees about [...]
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 [...]
Angel of Empire training May 2 at 5:30 a.m. at Churchill Downs. (Photo by Coady Photography) For a small racing state, Iowa will have a super-sized presence in Saturday’s 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with three horses owned by Ankeny’s Dennis Albaugh entered in America’s greatest race. Leading the way in [...]
Yesterday, Bill Walmsley, Jon Moss, and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association for Iowa filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission to stop the illegally constituted Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA). “Congress cannot outsource regulatory authority to a private organization — unaccountable to the American people — that has the power to create [...]
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 [...]
Senator Chuck Grassley. Courtesy Grassley.Senate.Gov Lisa Lazarus, CEO of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), came to Prairie Meadows on Thursday to answer questions from Iowa’s horse-racing stakeholders. Her appearance was at the behest of Iowa’s seven-term U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley. The gathering included representatives from the Iowa HBPA, Iowa Thoroughbred [...]