August 9, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Gov. Tom Wolf has told Pennsylvania Thoroughbred breeders the resumption of payment of breeder and stallion awards lies with the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission, [...]
August 9, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The pros and cons of federal legislation that would grant the United States Anti-Doping Agency oversight of equine medication and drug testing were discussed [...]
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today released its Annual Report for 2015-2016. A PDF of the full 2015-2016 Annual Report is available online at http://ntra.kinsta.cloud/about/annual-reports. The 28-page report includes [...]
July 29, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Restoration of payments for Pennsylvania breeder and stallion awards that have been suspended since late March because of incorrect language in an omnibus horseracing [...]
July 15, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association July 15 said it continues to work on restoring payments for breeder and stallion awards after corrective language failed [...]
July 13, 2016 Blood-Horse Staff Two members of Congress who support pari-mutuel tax changes submitted a joint letter July 12 urging the United States Department of Treasury to finalize new [...]
Two U.S. congressmen, Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), have submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urging finalization of proposed rule changes regarding withholding and [...]
July 12, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Pennsylvania Senate July 11 passed a bill that in part restores earlier language that governs the state Thoroughbred breeding fund. The measure was [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill Thursday evening that includes report language detailing Committee on Appropriations instructions for the [...]
July 7, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse A recent move by New York legislators to scare off investors in possible future casinos in New Jersey could backfire, according to the operator [...]
