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Updates on Notable Hearings, Rulings, Medication Issues and Ongoing Investigations in the Horse Racing Industry
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Conflict in Oklahoma Over Jockeys' Minimum Mount Fees - BloodHorse

Conflict in Oklahoma Over Jockeys' Minimum Mount Fees - BloodHorse | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Amid a conflict between jockeys in Oklahoma and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma over minimum mount fees for riders, no riders are named aboard horses in the entries for the Sept. 4 card at Remington Park.
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September 3, 7:46 PM
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HISA Seeks Applications for Next Generation Advisory Group

HISA Seeks Applications for Next Generation Advisory Group | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Applications are now being accepted for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's Next Generation Advisory Group. Members serve staggered terms of 18 to 36 months. As the group's initial 18-month terms conclude, HISA is beginning the process of rotating members off to welcome new voices and...
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August 26, 3:16 PM
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What time is it? It's Our Time *

What time is it? It's Our Time * | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Virginia-bred and -owned It's Our Time dazzled on debut at Saratoga for racing industry newcomers enjoying the ride.
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August 26, 3:13 PM
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HISA Reports Increase in Second Quarter Equine Deaths - BloodHorse

HISA Reports Increase in Second Quarter Equine Deaths - BloodHorse | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is looking into any and all explanations for an uptick in equine fatalities in the second quarter of 2025 when compared with the same three months of 2024.
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August 26, 3:10 PM
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'So many problems': After reporting to FBI, John Chancey resigns as Horse Racing Commission director

'So many problems': After reporting to FBI, John Chancey resigns as Horse Racing Commission director | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission executive director John Chancey resigned following a Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2025, meeting at Remington Park.
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Judge Dismisses Fired Hawthorne Vet's Whistleblower Claims that Alleged Conspiracy to race Unsound Horses

Judge Dismisses Fired Hawthorne Vet's Whistleblower Claims that Alleged Conspiracy to race Unsound Horses | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A judge has dismissed federal claims in a lawsuit filed last year by a former Hawthorne Race Course association veterinarian who alleged that her efforts to scratch over 80 lame or injured Thoroughbreds during 2022-23 were met with a purported conspiracy among track employees, other veterinarians,...
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At The Jockey Club Round Table, the Focus is on What's Going Right and What's Going Wrong

At The Jockey Club Round Table, the Focus is on What's Going Right and What's Going Wrong | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Everett Dobson has been on the job as the Chair of The Jockey Club for only a matter of days, but there's no doubt that he has his finger on the pulse.Making his first keynote speech at the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Thursday in Saratoga Springs, Dobson spoke of...
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Johnson, Kornacki on Facilitating Love of Horse Racing - BloodHorse

Johnson, Kornacki on Facilitating Love of Horse Racing - BloodHorse | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
In sharing their different approaches of bringing new people to the sport, a pair of horse racing's best-known fans—Griffin Johnson and Steve Kornacki—offered ideas on how everyone can do their part.
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Precautionary Quarantine Issued On Barn 28 At Saratoga, CCA Oaks Entrant La Cara And Pair Of Casse Runners At Monmouth Scratched

Precautionary Quarantine Issued On Barn 28 At Saratoga, CCA Oaks Entrant La Cara And Pair Of Casse Runners At Monmouth Scratched | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The New York Racing Association, Inc.(NYRA) and the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) have placed a group of horses located in Barn 28 at Saratoga Race Course under quarantine due to a suspected case of strangles, which includes La Cara (Street Sense) who was scratched from the GI CCA Oaks,...
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New York Vet Who Failed to Submit 3,000+ Treatment Records Gets 2-Year HISA Suspension, $25,000 Fine

New York Vet Who Failed to Submit 3,000+ Treatment Records Gets 2-Year HISA Suspension, $25,000 Fine | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A member of the Internal Adjudication Panel (IAP) for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) on July 10 imposed a two-year suspension and a $25,000 fine on a veterinarian who has practiced on the New York circuit for more than three...
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HISA Suspends NY-Based Track Vet Galvin for Two Years - BloodHorse

HISA Suspends NY-Based Track Vet Galvin for Two Years - BloodHorse | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A New York-based track veterinarian has been suspended for two years after an internal adjudication panel for HISA determined he had failed to submit veterinary treatment records for thousands of sessions in 2023 and 2024.
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July 7, 9:56 AM
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U.S. Supreme Court reopens USTA challenge to HISA

U.S. Supreme Court reopens USTA challenge to HISA | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Columbus, OH – The U.S.Supreme Court announced today that it has granted certiorari in the challenge brought by the United States Trotting Association...
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Supreme Court, Citing Precedent It Just Issued Friday, Remands Three HISA-Related Cases Back To Appeals Courts

Supreme Court, Citing Precedent It Just Issued Friday, Remands Three HISA-Related Cases Back To Appeals Courts | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The three lawsuits that have been simmering in the federal court system for several years and were all vying for the attention of the United States Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) are all headed back to their originating appeals courts,...
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'A disaster if they don't have races': Jockey pay dispute with thoroughbred owners down to the wire

'A disaster if they don't have races': Jockey pay dispute with thoroughbred owners down to the wire | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A jockey pay dispute with thoroughbred owners is jeopardizing Oklahoma horse racing ahead of a Sept. 4, 2025, negotiation deadline.
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Woodbine Adjusts Thursday/Friday Post Times For Remainder Of 2025

Woodbine Adjusts Thursday/Friday Post Times For Remainder Of 2025 | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The first post times for live racing on Thursdays and Fridays have been adjusted for the remainder of the year, Woodbine announced Tuesday. Thursday post time will shift from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday post time will shift from 1:05 p.m.
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Accused of 'Gamesmanship' by Serpe, HISA Alleges Suspended Trainer is Trying to 'Gin Up' a Constitutional Claim

Accused of 'Gamesmanship' by Serpe, HISA Alleges Suspended Trainer is Trying to 'Gin Up' a Constitutional Claim | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Trainer Phil Serpe, who has an appeal pending with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an attempt to overturn a two-year suspension imposed in July by a Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) arbitrator over a contested clenbuterol positive case from last summer at Saratoga Race Course, ...
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2-Year-Old Horse Dies At Los Alamitos Race Course | Los Alamitos, CA Patch

2-Year-Old Horse Dies At Los Alamitos Race Course | Los Alamitos, CA Patch | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
This is the 17th horse to die at the venue this year, according to the California Horse Racing Board.
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Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to Triple Crown glory, dies aged 84 | Horse racing | The Guardian

Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to Triple Crown glory, dies aged 84 | Horse racing | The Guardian | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown and later championed injured riders, has died at 84 in New Brunswick...
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Thistledown Resumes Racing and Horse Breaks Down in First Race Back

Thistledown Resumes Racing and Horse Breaks Down in First Race Back | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
After a couple of lost training days last week because of escalating safety concerns with the dirt surface, racing resumed Monday at Thistledown, but another tragedy was not far behind. In the first race of the day, the 5-year-old mare Tayyara (Khozan) broke down and had to be euthanized.
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Three-year-old horse dies from racing injury at Del Mar –

Three-year-old horse dies from racing injury at Del Mar – | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A 3-year-old thoroughbred colt has died after suffering an injury at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in the track's first horse racing death of the year, officials...
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Historical Horse Racing key to California horse racing in peril

Historical Horse Racing key to California horse racing in peril | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
A recent state attorney general ruling and objections by tribal leaders suggest difficulty adding Historical Horse Racing machines in California.
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Letter To The Editor: SCOTUS Decision Underlines HISA's Constitutional Problems

Letter To The Editor: SCOTUS Decision Underlines HISA's Constitutional Problems | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
When the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association first started warning that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act would flunk constitutional due diligence as a violation of the private nondelegation doctrine, its arguments were laughed off.
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Trainer Butler, Suspended for Having Employee's Thyro-L in Barn, Sues HISA over Definition of 'Possession'

Trainer Butler, Suspended for Having Employee's Thyro-L in Barn, Sues HISA over Definition of 'Possession' | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The Illinois-based trainer Gerald Butler, who is currently suspended 20 months and was fined $10,000 after a Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA)'s arbitration panel for Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program (ADMC) matters ruled in February that he possessed the banned substance...
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Fasig-Tipton To Switch To Untimed Breezes, Other Changes To 2026 Midlantic May Sale Format

Fasig-Tipton To Switch To Untimed Breezes, Other Changes To 2026 Midlantic May Sale Format | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
The 2026 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale will feature several key changes, the company announced Tuesday. Per their release, these changes, centered around eliminating timed workouts and restricting whip use, are designed to better reflect the natural athleticism of the...
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Florida Budget Signed, Includes Ongoing Incentives to Racing Industry

Florida Budget Signed, Includes Ongoing Incentives to Racing Industry | Racing Regulatory Issues | Scoop.it
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a budget package that includes a continuation to, and in certain ways a redistribution of, the incentives and promotions that lawmakers have funnelled towards the state racing and breeding industries in recent years.
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