Albuterol: An Explainer
August 14, 2026
After the rash of suspicious winners Sunday at Saratoga and Monmouth Park that lit up the racing firmament, the trainer at the heart of the story, Angel Quiroz, was charged Thursday with an alleged vets' list medication violation for Albuterol in a sample collected on July 10 from one of his trainees, Bonita Rough, at [...]
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Ask HISA/HIWU: Lab Status Update
August 3, 2026
With a view to pulling the veil back on the whys and wherefores of their operations, a representative of either the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions [...]
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Ask HIWU: Out of Competition Testing
June 22, 2026
With a view to pulling the veil back on the whys and wherefores of their operations, a representative of either the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions you'd [...]
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Ask HISA: Data Usage
June 15, 2026
With a view to pulling the veil back on the whys and wherefores of their operations, a representative of either the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions you'd [...]
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Proposed H2-A Visa Legislation Changes Opens Door to Backstretch Workers
June 15, 2026
A raft of changes to the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program woven into the recently introduced Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act could open up the visa to the immigrant backstretch workforce. Designed specifically for agricultural workers, the H-2A program has for a long time effectively excluded equine backstretch workers from participation as it is designed for [...]
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Ask HIWU: Rapid Drug Testing
June 8, 2026
With a view to pulling the veil back on the hows and whys of their operations, a representative of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions you'd like [...]
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PTHA Claims “Extensive” Support For Trainers, Board Member Calls It “Misrepresentation Of Truth”
May 28, 2026
In the latest salvo amid an oftentimes confusing chain of events that have played out across Pennsylvania's racing industry the last couple of months, the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (PTHA) issued a statement Thursday denying allegations the organization had failed to provide adequate support for the nine trainers at Parx Racing who were told last [...]
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Ask HISA #1: HISA's Vendors
May 4, 2026
With a view to pulling the veil back on the hows and whys of their operations, a representative of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions you'd like to ask HISA, please feel free to send [...]
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KY Legislature Overrides Governor Veto on Fixed Odds, Stallion Cap Bill
April 14, 2026
The Kentucky legislature has overridden the governor's veto on a sweeping bill that opens the door to fixed odds wagering in the state and bars a cap being placed on the number of mares bred to a stallion there, among its many facets. HB 904, first introduced into the state legislature by Republican Representatives Matthew [...]
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Tehama And Humboldt Request Summer Fair Dates, Questions Remain
February 24, 2026
The Tehama and Humboldt County Fairs have submitted summer race date applications to be considered at this Thursday's California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) meeting. Tehama's proposed fair racing meet would run from Apr. 29 to May 26. Humboldt's requested dates would go from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1. There remain, however, several outstanding financial, bureaucratic [...]
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Daruty: Confiscation of Machines an Action “Under the Direction of the Attorney General's Office”
January 18, 2026
Two days after first being quietly unveiled at Santa Anita, the Racing on Demand slot machine-style parimutuel games-with distinct similarities to Historic Horse Racing-were removed from the track by Department of Justice law enforcement officers Saturday afternoon in a pubic operation that saw DOJ personnel wheel the machines out the back of the Santa Anita [...]
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Sudden Death In Racehorses: A Way To Screen And Diagnose At-Risk Runners?
January 4, 2026
Though rare, sudden deaths in racehorses have long proven a source of great frustration for being just that–a sudden event with virtually no way to predict it, and oftentimes no way to explain it. Emerging research, however, offers real hope that perhaps soon, the industry will have a way to both zero in on the [...]
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