In 1972, European authorities began their Pattern race system whereby the highest quality black-type events were identified. The Europeans wanted something similar done in North America so the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, TOBA, took on the grading of races in 1973... Full Story

Often you will hear those proponents of banning Lasix state something to the effect that, “Before we started permitting Lasix on race day our horses were making an average of over 9 starts per year, and now they barely average 6 starts.” This is true... Full Story

So how did that December date swap between Calder and Gulfstream Park work out for horsemen? If you recall, essentially to avert a dates war last year, Calder gave up most of December to Gulfstream Park and in return Calder received most of April from Gulfstream. This period of new dates for Gulfstream began on Saturday, December 3rd and continued to January 4th as Gulfstream opened on January 5th last year... Full Story

During the January 16th to 20th HBPA Convention held in Hollywood Beach, longtime FHBPA President Sammy Gordon was recognized with a “Formal Resolution of the Board of Directors in Recognition of Outstanding Lifetime Contributions.” This resolution was read and presented to Sammy by National HBPA President Joe Santana... Full Story

This is a follow up to our article in the winter edition of the Horsemen’s Journal about “pari-mutuel barrel racing.” Since almost every horse track in Florida owns a Quarter Horse Permit, there is great fear by all breeds of Florida horsemen that their respective track will use their Quarter Horse permit to conduct barrel racing and eliminate the rightful horsemen from receiving their fair share of card room revenue and the very sizable slots revenue for their future purses... Full Story

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