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 [...]
The New Mexico Horsemen's Association won another legal victory in its ongoing disputes with the state racing commission and racetracks, with a judge terming as “rule-making overreach” the practice of diverting purse money toward medical-insurance premiums for jockeys and exercise riders. District Court Judge Victor S. Lopez determined in his Sept. 20 order that the [...]
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 New Mexico Horsemen’s Association has filed an ethics complaint against the agencies that regulate racing in the state as part of the ongoing dispute over racetracks unlawfully diverting purse money to go toward track expenses and the racing commission’s retaliatory effort to defund the horsemen’s organization. Additionally, the NMHA has asked a judge to [...]
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 [...]