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We Must Ensure the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is Properly Enforced and Prevent History from Repeating Itself
When Congress enacted the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act in December 2020, I could not have been more elated. Seeing
Just Out of the Gate, HISA Already Fails a Transparency Test
by Joe Gorajec The new Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), despite repeated pledges of transparency, has failed to disclose
Monty Roberts, trainer to the Queen, talks horses, whipping and Baffert
As Saturday marks the running of the 154th Belmont Stakes in Queens, the oldest and longest of all three Triple
Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron’s fight for Thoroughbreds
In 2016, Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle and I committed to making federal legislation that would end doping in
Listen Up! Animal Wellness Episode #7: Fixing the Lethal Abuses in Horse Racing
Updates on the Corona Virus and The Bear Protection Act American horses and horseracing itself are in peril, and horses
Monty Roberts Joins Up to Help Pass Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act Today
“For centuries, humans have said to horses, ‘You do what I tell you or I’ll hurt you.’ Humans still say
Congress is Running Out of Time to End Doping in Horseracing
Tomorrow Marks the Running of the 152nd Belmont Stakes In 1900, New York City broke ground on America’s first subway, an
FBI Conducts Raids and U.S. Attorney’s Office Hands Down Nearly 30 Indictments in American Horseracing
My alarm didn’t need to wake me this morning. Instead, it was rapid-fire buzzing from a flurry of incoming calls
Mitch McConnell Saddles Up to End Doping and Address the Crisis in Horse Racing
Thirty years ago, I wrote a magazine cover story about horse racing, arguing the pageantry and pomp that viewers glimpsed
American Horseracing is Addicted to Drugs and it’s Time for an Intervention
The Super Bowl will be live broadcast to as many as 100 million people in early February, demonstrating again the
144th Preakness Overshadowed by Santa Anita Horse Deaths, Kentucky Derby Controversy
Tomorrow marks the running of the 144th Preakness Stakes at the fraying Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, with ominous clouds of