Internet Poker Bill Advances in California
April 28, 2016 Jeremy Balan, Blood-Horse A bill that would legalize online poker, and send $60 million a year in subsidies to the horse racing industry in California, passed unanimously [...]
American Horse Council Plans National Issues Forum
April 21, 2016 Blood-Horse Staff The American Horse Council has announced that its theme for this year's National Issues Forum, sponsored by Luitpold Animal Health, is "Putting More Horsepower in [...]
Hearing Planned on Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act
April 21, 2016 Frank Angst, Blood-Horse Congressional Horse Caucus co-chairmen Andy Barr (R-Ky) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) April 21 announced plans to conduct a hearing to discuss a path forward [...]
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll – April 18
TOP THREE-YEAR OLD POLL Week seven of the 2016 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Assocation (NTRA), covering racing performances through April 17. Current rankings of the [...]
Featured Legislator: U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
April 14, 2016 Featured Legislator: U. S. Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR) District: Oregon’s 5th that includes Thoroughbred farms and the state capitol of Salem. Experience: Rep. Schrader is serving his [...]
Legislation Advances to Fund New D. C. International
April 13, 2016 Blood-Horse Staff A bill that would help resurrect the Washington, D.C. International and provide $500,000 in bonus money to Maryland-bred or Maryland-sired horses who run in the [...]
NYRA Offers Three Re-organization Options
April 12, 2016 Teresa Genaro, Blood-Horse Three-and-a-half years after being put under state control by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Racing Association board of the directors approved a plan [...]
Tackling Workers’ Compensation in New York
April 8, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse Thoroughbred owners and trainers in New York are negotiating with a number of insurance underwriters and looking to start their own risk control system [...]
NTRA Legislative Annual Report Online
March 31, 2016 The 2015 NTRA Legislative Action Campaign annual report is now available online. Click here to view the report that summarizes last year's federal legislative activity and contains [...]
Host of Gaming Issues on Table in New York
March 25, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse Racing and gambling matters are still in play in New York as the governor and lawmakers try in the coming week to put the [...]