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The 2023 Claiming Crown will be staged for the first time since 2011 at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans on Saturday, Dec. 2, announced Claiming Crown co-founders National HBPA and TOBA along with the Fair Grounds. The event will feature eight races totaling $1 million in base purses, headlined by [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Spring 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: Conference Call Return to in-person National HBPA Conference at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Arkansas, sparks conversations about [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Winter 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: Seabiscuit’s Forgotten Match Race Before his famous encounter with War Admiral, Seabiscuit faced off against Ligaroti in [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Fall 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: One Lucky Filly Thanks to some caring horsemen, 2-year-old Bold and Bossy is safe after first running [...]