‘Making some changes’; Horseplayers association to re-engage

PRESS RELEASE (Nov 26, 2019) The Horseplayers Association of North America, a group that has tackled issues affecting bettors such as takeout rates and signal availability, is in a “fluid situation” as far as its future, says HANA President Jeff Platt. The group, which had annually released horseplayer-centric track ratings since 2009, never updated for…

Notable Thoroughbred owners pledge to forego raceday medication for 2 year olds

Wow, at least some good news to report regarding US horse racing. How uplifting. Blood-Horse Staff report: Some of Thoroughbred racing's most notable owners--including Roy and Gretchen Jackson, Josephine Abercrombie, Bill Casner, Robert Clay, William S. Farish, Barry Irwin and Team Valor International, Darley and Shadwell Stables, and Frank Stronach--are among individuals who have pledged…

Racing databases, high risk horse alerts and phasing out Lasix in Kentucky

High Risk Entry Alert At last, a potentially good use for one of the US horse racing industry's databases. Unfortunately the data they collect is given out on a voluntary not mandatory basis. Oh, well. Like everything else it seems, it is a start. And any tool that will spare some of these Thoroughbred racehorses…

Ky Governor Beshear can change KHRC business as usual approach to Lasix ban

BILL SHANKLIN writes: ". . . the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted on the phase out of furosemide on race-day in the Bluegrass state. The result was not reform, but “business as usual." Furosemide (Lasix / Salix) is the anti-bleeder medication injected on raceday into nearly every Thoroughbred in America. Shanklin quotes an Associated Press…

NTRA mum on phasing out race day medicating of horses

Cross-posted from The Thoroughbred Times Written by ED DeROSA The National Thoroughbred Racing Association concluded its board of directors meeting on Monday, but the broad-based coalition of industry stakeholders offered no comment regarding the Association of Racing Commissioners International’s proposal to eliminate race-day medication in racehorses within five years. Continue reading >> If you would…