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Though it was hardly a surprise that a bill that would allow decoupling at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs was advanced Tuesday by the Florida House Commerce Committee, it was not good news for the troubled Florida racing industry. Having now been advanced by two House committees the bill, HB 881, can be scheduled for floor consideration and a vote by the full House membership. Expectations are that the bill will pass in the House. For the horsemen and the breeders, last week's news means that they will have to continue to dig in their heels and try to find a way to not only make racing in Florida survive, but prosper. Tom Cannell, the president of the Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, thinks that is still a possibility. One factor on the side of the horsemen is that nothing is going to happen overnight, which will give the horsemen and the breeders time to find solutions. Cannell notes that there appears to be a completely different attitude in the Florida Senate, and he is banking on that body to reject decoupling efforts. A bill that is nearly identical to HB 881 has been filed in the Florida Senate. It has been referred to three committees, but has yet to be scheduled for any debate in that chamber. In 2025, a similar version of decoupling ended up getting passed in the House, but not the Senate. “Our hope is that when this bill gets to the Senate, there will be no real appetite for the senators to deal with this,” Cannell said. “It has got to go through the two branches of the legislature and then it has to go to the governor [Ron DeSantis], who, last year, appeared at OBS and made it very clear he didn't have an appetite to wipe out an industry. I'd call it a longshot from the standpoint of the bill going through and completing its run through the Senate. Maybe that's too bold of a comment, but that's my gut feeling. My gut tells me it's not going to get through the Senate. “The Senate, last year, never really got a hold of this. It will pass the House this week, but there is nothing scheduled in the Senate yet, even for a hearing. Our goal is to maintain our pressure on the Senate and to educate them as to why this is a bad idea. Why would they want to eradicate an industry that employs so many people, provides so much revenue, and is 100 years old?” DeSantis's term ends in January of 2027, meaning a new governor will soon be in place to make decisions regarding the future of South Florida racing. Because he is confident the anti-decoupling bill will die in the Senate, Cannell is optimistic that there is plenty of time to work out a solution. The horsemen have already brokered a deal with Gulfstream that calls for no less than 180 live racing days in 2026, no less than 140 live racing dates in 2027, and no less than 120 live racing dates in 2028. He believes that, no matter what direction Gulfstream's owners decide to go when it comes to developing the property or closing the track, racing there will continue for a few more years beyond 2028. Currently, to maintain its license and its slots room, Gulfstream must race at least 44 days a year. But he also knows that the industry can't tread water forever and that a day will likely come when racing at Gulfstream is no longer an option. Then what? Cannell believes that the best-case scenario would be for someone to find a way to keep racing going in South Florida without Gulfstream. One obstacle is that Gulfstream holds the only permit to race in South Florida. The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association (FTBOA) is attempting to revive a dormant permit that would allow the group to open a racetrack in Ocala. (More on that later). “Changes were made when they made this strike-all bill and the biggest issue there was the limitations when it comes to transferring the racing license,” Cannell said. “In the first bill, there was an allowance to move the license. But the new one restricts even being able to move the license at all. It puts the onus on whether or not South Florida can maintain a racing venue. It's hard to understand what they were trying to do, other than to put the horsemen in a box.” Cannell said that he doesn't believe it will be impossible to get a new racing permit for the South Florida region, but trying to do so will be just one more thing that can gum up the works. “This could make it more difficult for racing to resume or flourish in South Florida because you're going to have to move the permit,” he said. “If Gulfstream were to close, you'd have to be able to move that permit to a new venue. I'm hopeful the Senate will kill the bill at some point and we can continue to negotiate and look for a location in South Florida that would satisfy the horsemen with a continuation of racing in some form and in some location.” Hialeah could be the perfect solution. It is one of the sport's most historic venues and, though work would need to be done to bring Thoroughbred racing back there, the facility is hardly in a state of disrepair. John Brunetti, Jr., the president of Hialeah, has not spoken publicly about the possibility of bringing racing back to Hialeah. He did not return a phone call from the TDN Sunday seeking his input on the situation. “People still talk about Hialeah,” Cannell said. “Let's just say that is one of the options that folks have talked about as a potential place to race. To my knowledge, there's nothing concrete to make you think it's any more than a rumor. It obviously should be in everybody's discussions. It's a beautiful venue. I have never been personally involved in any discussion with John Brunetti, but I have been in discussion with a number of other stakeholders who are looking at potential options to keep racing going in South Florida.” While Cannell would not dismiss the efforts to build a track in the Ocala area as an option, he said he believes making a go of a racetrack there will be very difficult. “[The breeders] have been floating the idea of building something up in Ocala,” he said. “You are talking about something that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and I'm not sure that's something that can happen. We all know that with the investigations that have been done and with the surveys that have been completed, to build a quality racetrack facility from the ground up is so expensive. Most people have walked away from that idea and that's why there are people looking at other potential venues.” While Gulfstream is in a highly populated area that is popular with tourists, an Ocala track would be in a remote location and would most likely have to try to get by without any outside revenue from gaming. “That's the $64-million question,” Cannell said. “You could build the finest facility in the world, but how do you fund it? Where does the purse money come from?” Despite the many obstacles in the way and the unresolved issues, Cannell is not ready to give up on racing in Florida. “I'm optimistic,” he said. “This horsemen's group, behind the scenes, has worked very hard. We have a great committee working very hard on our behalf. I'm fairly confident that this current bill will not go through and that sometime over the next six months to a year there will be some clarity as to what is available to us in South Florida and a time frame as far as when it may happen.” Kudos to Touchuponastar The remarkable Touchuponastar (Star Guitar) did it again Saturday night at Delta Downs, winning the $150,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship for the fourth straight year. He is 20 for 27 lifetime with earnings of $1.76 million. Owned by former Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, he's won 20 stakes races and is 17 for 19 against state-breds. With the win, he moved into second place, and ahead of his sire, Star Guitar, on the all-time earnings list for Louisiana-breds After winning the Louisiana Premier Night Championship last year, he took a steep jump in class and won the GII New Orleans Classic Stakes over, among others, Sierra Leone (Gun Runner). Let's hope that's where they go next. The post The Week in Review: After Setback in the House, Florida Horsemen Hunting for Solutions appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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