The Thoroughbred Daily News story, “Proclaiming His Innocence, Trainer Jorge Duarte, Jr. Is Finding Out How Tough It Is To Fight HIWU,” describes another example of how HISA is penalizing a Thoroughbred trainer for trace amounts of the prohibited drug methamphetamine.
Author: from the USTA Communications Department
Retta J. McNeil, 85, dies
Retta J. McNeil, age 85, of Charlotte, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.
Jiggy Jog S up to No. 2 in Top 10
Jiggy Jog S, the winner of this past Saturday’s MGM Yonkers International Trot, made the biggest move in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll’s Top 10, vaulting from fourth to second in the Week 13 rankings released Tuesday.
HISA’s bid for rehearing denied by 5th Circuit; Act still unconstitutional; Circuit Court split makes Supreme Court likely next stop
A Monday (Sept. 9) order out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shot down a request for a rarely granted “en banc” procedure that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) Authority and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had asked for last month.
Harrisburg Yearling Sale Preview available
Standardbred Horse Sales Company is proud to announce that our 86th Annual Yearling Sale Preview is now available on our website, www.theblackbook.com, including a sortable roster.
2024 Neville Award to Herve Filion
Herve Filion, the Hall of Fame driver and two-time winner of the Little Brown Jug, will be honored as the 2024 Joseph Neville Memorial Award recipient by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.
Yonkers’ Tuesday card features Pick-5 carryover & guaranteed pool
Tuesday night’s (Sept. 10) program at MGM Yonkers Raceway will have a carryover of $11,064.45 and a guaranteed pool of $25,000 in the Pick-5 after no winning tickets were held in the sequence on Monday night’s (Sept. 8) card.
Eight is great for Whatawonder in Maine
A quartet of $19,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year-old trotters invaded Bangor Raceway at Historic Bass Park on Saturday (Sept. 7) where streaking freshman high-stepper Whatawonder took his eighth consecutive victory.
Campbell and Switzer hit grand slams at Bangor Raceway
Drew Campbell and Kevin Switzer, Jr both hit it out of historic Bass Park on Saturday (Sept. 7) with each teamster displaying plenty of September sizzle while scoring four wins apiece at Bangor Raceway.
Ohio Sires Stakes at Scioto Downs
Eight divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes were part of the Ewart/Hill undercard on Saturday (Sept. 7) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.