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By Jordyn Bublitz Romeo Foxtrot proved once again that grit and determination count for plenty when he claimed victory in the IRT. Your Horse. Our Passion. Handicap Trot at Cambridge Raceway last night. The eight-year-old son of Majestic Son, trained locally by Susan Branch, began brilliantly off his 25-metre mark and quickly took control of the race with Zachary Butcher in the sulky. The pair dictated terms from the outset and, despite a late charge from Johnny Who, held strong all the way to the post. Branch, who has enjoyed a fruitful season this year, admitted she wasn’t brimming with confidence heading into the race after the gelding had endured a health setback following his previous start. “We were absolutely rapt with his last start at Alexandra Park over the 1700m, he worked hard early and was only three lengths off of them at the line,” she explained. “But the next morning he couldn’t walk, he came out in boils all over his chest, so we did very little with him between runs.” “We weren’t overly confident heading into last night, we knew he was a little under-done and he did blow out a bit, but he held on long enough to get the job done!” That resilience has been a hallmark of Romeo Foxtrot’s career under Branch’s care. Since joining her stable, he has put together an admirable record of six wins and 14 placings, proving himself a reliable campaigner. “He’s such a cool dude, he tries hard every time and is perfect to do anything with,” Branch said. Romeo Foxtrot’s consistency has also turned 2025 into Branch’s most successful season since she first took out her trainer’s license back in 1978. All of her stable’s $88,343 in stake earnings this year have come courtesy of him. While Branch is realistic about where her trotter sits in the pecking order, she couldn’t be prouder of his efforts. “He’s not quite level with the best of them, but he always tries his heart out.” View the full article

The field for the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup has had a trans-Tasman shake-up. Western Australian trainer Greg Bond has officially withdrawn Minstrel and (Gee) Heza Sport from the country’s biggest race at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11. Minstrel, the winner of 27 races and over $1.6m, was third in his last race at Gloucester Park on September 12, with Gee Heza Sport finishing fifth. Minstrel was ninth in this week’s rankings and Heza Sport 13th. Their defections mean there will be a juggling of places in next week’s rankings. It is particularly good news for the connections of horses like Dalton Shard and American Me, who are currently just outside the top 15 cut off. The next rankings list will be released on Tuesday night on The Box Seat (Trackside, 8pm). View the full article

The Sept. 28 Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park pays fitting tribute to one Hall of Famer, but it is another one, Beholder, who may hold more of a key to this year's running of the 1 1/16-mile race for distaffers.View the full article

The TAB has come up with a new market for those not keen on investing on hotpot The Lazarus Effect at Addington tonight. The Bob Butt-trained and driven Lazarus four-year-old is the shortest favourite of the night at $1.08 to secure his fourth career win from just six lifetime stars in Race 2, the Garrards Horse and Hound Mobile Pace (5.33pm). With him dominating the market the TAB is now offering a “The Lazarus Effect Out” option. With him out of the picture J T Boe is paying $2.40 for the win, with Quinn next at $2.60. To see the market click here The TAB often offers such options and there is a similar one for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11 which excludes the Aussie superstars Swayzee and Leap To Fame. View the full article

Stakes-performed filly Miss Ziggy will take a big step down in class at Riccarton on Saturday and attempt to shed her maiden tag in the Speight’s Summit Ultra On Tap Maiden (1400m). The daughter of Brazen Beau has recorded five placings in her nine-start career so far, headed by a third behind La Dorada and Vega For Luck in the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in January. Miss Ziggy was a last-start fifth in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton two weeks ago, where she was beaten by four lengths by the impressive Miss Starlight. “I was happy enough with her run in the Canterbury Belle,” trainer Andrew Carston said. “She’s not helping herself by doing a few things wrong, which we’re hoping to iron out. “She’ll run in the 1400m maiden on Saturday. I think that bit of extra distance will suit her. “She’d have to be one of the better maidens in the country at the moment, and we’d like to get rid of that tag. This is probably D-Day for her – hopefully she’ll give us a good showing and keep her spring campaign on track.” Miss Ziggy is nominated for both the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) on November 8 and the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) a week later, with the TAB offering fixed-odds quotes of $31 for the 1000 Guineas and $41 for the 2000 Guineas. Carston’s team at Riccarton on Saturday also features a number of other potential feature-race contenders during the New Zealand Cup Carnival in November. Saturday’s Join TAB Racing Club Mile Prelude (1400m) will be the first raceday appearance since December for six-race winner Jon Ol Rocco, who is rated a $51 chance for the Gr.3 Join TAB Racing Club Mile (1600m) on November 12. “He’s coming up really well,” Carston said. “He trialled super and went to Timaru for a very good exhibition gallop. “He’s definitely going to need this run, he’s been off the scene for quite a while, but it’s a nice race to kick him off in and I’m very happy with the way he’s going so far. “At this stage, his campaign is centred around the big mile on the middle day of the carnival.” Former North Island stayer Ess Vee Are was an eye-catching fourth over 1600m at Timaru on September 7 in his first start for Carston. He steps up in distance in Saturday’s Waimakariri Businesses North Canterbury Cup (2000m) as he builds towards the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m), for which he is rated a $26 chance. “That was a really pleasing first fun for us,” Carston said. “It was a big effort against a strong field and over a distance well short of his best. “He’s heading towards the New Zealand Cup and is showing us all the right signs so far. “It’s another strong field this weekend, but going up to 2000m suits and he seems like he’ll only continue to get stronger and stronger as he builds towards the Cup.” Carston’s other runners include last-start winners Say Satono in the Cup Week Tickets On Sale Rating 75 (1200m) and Maybe Diva in The Plough Hotel Rating 65 (1400m). “Say Satono is coming up well this time in and won nicely first-up,” Carston said. “Staying at 1200m again for her second-up run might be a little bit of a query, I don’t think I’ve done that with her before. But I’m trying to keep her fresh with the goal of running her in the Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.3, 1400m) on the first day of the carnival. She has plenty of weight to carry on Saturday, but I couldn’t be happier with how she’s going. “Maybe Diva came down from the North Island and has had only one start for us and won it impressively, so we can’t complain about that. She’s gone the right way since that race and I see no reason why she wouldn’t be a good chance again going up to Rating 65 company on Saturday.” View the full article

Exciting three-year-old Yamato Satona will carry colours well-known to the harness racing code when commencing his career at Te Rapa on Saturday. A colt by Satono Aladdin, Yamato Satona was a $250,000 purchase at the Karaka Yearling Sales by top harness trainer Barry Purdon, his wife Katrina, and Montana Park’s Dean Shannon, who have combined for success with the likes of star pacers Merlin and Sooner The Bettor. They entrusted Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott with Yamato Satona’s training and while he didn’t appear as a juvenile, Scott noted he showed ability from an early stage. “Barry and Dean selected him themselves and were kind enough to give us an opportunity to train him, they’ve bought a very nice horse,” he said. “They have been very patient, and while he probably showed enough to get going at two, Barry was really keen to wait for him to turn three and bring him on then. “Wexford has a long history of training the odd galloper for the Purdon family, that certainly stems back over many years. Hopefully this one can get to a good level of racing.” The colt has had five trials over the past twelve months, the most recent of those being the strongest on rain-affected surface at Rotorua, which bodes well for what he is likely to strike in the AM Roofing 1300. “He has come up very well this spring, he trialled well and we don’t think he’ll mind the sting out of the track,” Scott said. “While he’s taken on the older horses and some winners, we think he can be putting in a performance that says he’s got a bright future.” Yamato Satona will be joined in the MAAT contest by stablemate Kusuda Rush, who debuted in the autumn for a third behind Gr.2 Timberspan Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) contender Geneva. “He’s had the benefit of a run in the autumn and he’s come back a stronger colt,” Scott said. “He trialled well at Rotorua and he’s another with a good load of ability, just lacks the experience of one or two others. “We expect both horses to be racing in good three-year-old races through the season.” Stable stalwart Waitak is expected to appreciate a step up in distance and the soft ground in the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m), having had no favours in the straight when finishing 11th in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) first-up. “We were well pleased, whilst it was disappointing he didn’t have good fortune, the performance was there,” Scott said. “Both we and Craig (Grylls, jockey) believe that with clear air, he would’ve worked to the line strongly. “He’s come through the race well having not had a hard run and he’s continued to work on, bearing that in mind. We’ve got a hunch that he enjoys the softer ground, so hopefully he can excel there. “We don’t think the draw (15) is a bad thing, if the ground is off a little bit, sometimes being out in the wider ground can be an aid. It’s certainly going to give him a chance to relax from the gate, find a rhythm and we’re going in quietly confident of a bold showing.” It will be take two for She’s All That in the Amore Roses 1200, having missed her resuming run with the late abandonment at Taupo earlier in the month. Scott has looked on the positive side of that result and has high hopes for the daughter of Time Test as a stronger four-year-old. “When she went down to Taupo, an outing like that can certainly bring on their condition and the race stimulation of standing in has tightened her up nicely. It had been a while since her trial,” he said. “She’s a stronger mare which she lacked last year, but she’s bouncing in her work and we think her first run is going to be a real bottler. “We think she won’t mind a bit of give in the ground, so we’re expecting a bold run fresh.” Of Wexford’s remaining runners, Scott gave a particular push for stakes winner I’munstoppable, who resumes off a 287-day absence in the Craigs Investment Partners Sprint (1100m), which also features Reptak. “I’munstoppable has won the Cambridge Breeders Stakes (Gr.3, 1200m) there before, and we think she prefers going left-handed, so she should put in a bold performance fresh,” he said. “Reptak is flying, he’s come out of the winter in good form. “Ribkraka loves Te Rapa and he’s been super consistent all winter, he’s looking great in the coat and should run another good race. Crackercol is three on the ballot, but his racing is getting better and better and he looks close to a win. “We’re hopeful of a good day.” View the full article

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What Golden Rose Day 2025 Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, September 27, 2025 First Race 11:55am AEST Visit Dabble The Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) headlines the action at Rosehill this Saturday afternoon, with a bumper 10-race program set for decision. The rail reverts to the true position for the entire circuit, and with no rainfall forecast leading into the weekend, it should mean the early Good 4 rating holds for race-day. Below are HorseBetting.com.au’s free tips, feature bets and quaddie selections for Golden Rose Day 2025, which is scheduled to commence at 11:55am local time. Golden Rose Tip: Wodeton Wodeton was the eye-catcher in the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) on September 13, and the Wootton Bassett colt gets the ideal setup to turn the tables on Tempted. He draws gate one to sit closer in transit, steps out to the favourable 1400m for the first time this preparation, and regains the services of star hoop James McDonald. The pair map to be stalking stable companion Beiwacht throughout the journey, and provided he can get clear running as they turn for home, the 2025 Golden Rose should be in Wodeton’s keeping. Golden Rose Race 8 – #4 Wodeton (1) 3yo Colt | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (56.5kg) Shannon Stakes Tip: Rise At Dawn Rise At Dawn was tough first-up at Flemington in the Listed Tontonan Stakes (1400m), sitting forward on a strong tempo before being swallowed up by Cafe Millenium in the shadows of the post. He maps to get it all his own way in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m), with Joshua Parr set to saunter across to the front from barrier 11. He should be able to tick over a soft sectional in the middle stages, and with a lack of speed for the backmarkers to come into play, Rise At Dawn should take plenty of chasing down. Shannon Stakes Stakes Race 9 – #4 Rise At Dawn (11) 5yo Gelding | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Joshua Parr (56.5kg) Golden Pendant Tip: Firestorm Firestorm boasts a terrific first-up record of six starts for four wins, while she has three victories and a placing across her four attempts at Rosehill. The speed should be genuine, and gate five should allow James McDonald to find cover. The Chris Waller-trained mare possesses the best turn of speed amongst this lot, so expect Firestorm to be surging over the top in the Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m). Golden Pendant Race 7 – #2 Firestorm (5) 5yo Mare | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (56kg) Heritage Stakes Tip: Akaysha Akaysha rattled off the fastest closing splits in the Listed Cap D’antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on September 13, just missing out as My Gladiola was off and gone with the prize. She should take big improvement into this second-up assignment and gains the run of the race from barrier three. Provided she can peak again in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m), the $5 on offer with horse racing bookies looks like good value. Heritage Stakes Race 6 – #11 Akaysha (3) 3yo Filly | T: Peter Snowden | J: Rachel King (54kg) Best Bet at Rosehill: Lord Of Biscay Lord Of Biscay got a pass mark when returning at Rosehill on August 30, sucking the breeze three wide without cover when well held by Lady Extreme. The five-year-old gelding should have no issues slotting in for cover this time from barrier one, and he looks to find a winnable BM88 contest while stepping out to 1400m second-up. Trust James McDonald to avoid being locked away on the inside as they turn for home, which should give Lord Of Biscay enough room to pounce. Best Bet Race 5 – #3 Lord Of Biscay (1) 5yo Gelding | T: Kris Lees | J: James McDonald (60kg) Rosehill Saturday quaddie tips – Golden Rose Day Rosehill quadrella selections Saturday, September 27, 2025 1-2-6-8 4-9 1-2-4-8-12 7-8-9-11-14 Horse racing tips View the full article

What Sandown Stakes Race Day 2025 Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Saturday, September 27, 2025 First Race 12:10pm AEST Visit Dabble The traditional AFL Grand Final Day meeting awaits punters at Sandown, where a competitive eight-race card is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) headlines proceedings, while punters will get a better read on the three-year-old fillies in the Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m). The rail comes out 3m for the entirety of the Hillside circuit, while the track is rated a Good 4. Although there are some showers forecast for Melbourne on Thursday and Friday, fine conditions on Saturday should mean ideal conditions for racing. Below are HorseBetting.com.au’s free tips and feature picks for Sandown Stakes Day 2025, with the action set to commence at 12:10pm AEST. Thousand Guineas Prelude Tip: Custom Custom caught the eye when running on strongly at Moonee Valley in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m). She was beaten two lengths by the smart Alpha Sofie but was the one out of the race, suggesting she is worth sticking with for the step up to 1400m. Mark Zahra will need a touch of luck from barrier one, but if the gaps come at the right time, Custom has the finishing burst to blouse her rivals in the 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude. Thousand Guineas Prelude Race 6 – #8 Custom (1) 3yo Filly | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Mark Zahra (56kg) Sandown Stakes Tip: Evaporate Evaporate has not been seen since a luckless run in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) on August 16, where he showed a strong turn of foot to finish on the heels of genuine Group 1 runners. After a five-week freshen, he looks poised to strike in the 2025 Sandown Stakes. With even luck, Blake Shinn will have Evaporate in clear air in the home straight, and he should prove too hard to hold out this time. Sandown Stakes Race 7 – #1 Evaporate (10) 4yo Gelding | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Blake Shinn (59kg) Best Bet at Sandown: King Zephyr King Zephyr went well in defeat at Moonee Valley first-up, doing his best work late over 1200m when beaten a length by the in-form La Fracas. He draws to gain a beautiful run in transit from barrier four under Jordan Childs and should be stalking the leaders throughout. The son of Hallowed Crown is already a winner when second-up, and with race fitness now on his side, King Zephyr simply looks too good for this BM84 field. Best Bet Race 4 – #1 King Zephyr (4) 5yo Gelding | T: Grahame Begg | J: Jordan Childs (59kg) Next Best at Sandown: Gold Medallist Gold Medallist has started her career with three straight wins, and her latest success at Bendigo suggests she is worth following on her first trip to town. The four-year-old mare produced a strong turn of foot when racing behind a strong speed, and she looks set to gain a similar run in transit under Emily Pozman from barrier two at Sandown. If she puts forward anything close to what she did last time out, Gold Medallist should be atop the podium once again. Next Best Race 1 – #2 Gold Medalist (2) 4yo Mare | T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman | J: Emily Pozman (a3) (60.5kg) Saturday quaddie tips for Sandown Sandown quadrella selections Saturday, September 27, 2025 1-2-3-7-9 1-5-8 1-2-3-13 2-9-11 Horse racing tips View the full article

Full Serrano is making only his second start of 2025 in the Goodwood at Santa Anita Park, with an eye toward another appearance in the Breeders' Cup.View the full article

Johannes, the defending City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T) winner and second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T), returns as the even-money morning-line favorite in this year's edition at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

Santa Anita Park will deny computer-assisted wagering accounts access to win pools with two minutes to post at the track's fall meet, which begins Sept. 26.View the full article

Undefeated Ciunas looks to give Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield a record 10th Breeders' Stakes win Sept. 28 at Woodbine.View the full article

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act's proposed 2026 budget has been out for its mandatory public comment period and is now before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The topline comes out to just over $78.4 million. If credits to the industry are fully applied, then the cost to the industry is around $60.4 million. HISA has already responded to nine public comments posted to the federal register. Its response, however, doesn't include those subsequently submitted by Churchill Downs Incorporated's (CDI) CEO, Bill Carstanjen. CDI is hardly an impartial voice in this matter. The company is suing HISA because the 2025 budget was approved under the old formula for calculating assessments, based in part on purses. The current formula (based on both starts and purses) is set to change for next year (to one solely based on starts). Nevertheless, Carstanjen's comments mirror in effect many of the questions and concerns industry stakeholders frequently raise about the cost of operating HISA. For its part, HISA has broached budgetary matters from the public before, including a 90-minute Town Hall earlier this year. The organization has also posted a two-page factsheet on the budget. To talk CDI's comments and next year's proposed budget in general, the TDN sat down Wednesday with Lazarus. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity. TDN: Before we get to the budget specifically, let's quickly talk the sport's economic health. I've written a lot over the years about the economic dangers of concentration at the top end of the market hitting a winnowed out middle and bottom end. What's your response to fears of a shaky middle and bottom end of the sport? LL: I would say some of that is a false narrative related to the fact that people have a general opposition to HISA because they don't want to be regulated. For example, Emerald Downs just had its best year in a really long time. Turf Paradise was just [leased] to an investor that plans to put some real money into Turf Paradise. Tampa [Bay Downs] has had a good year. I would love for somebody to share with me which racetracks are struggling. I'll tell you who is struggling. Hawthorne's struggling because they half-built the casino and then stopped. There are [also] some existing conditions that well predate HISA. For our product to be better and to be more professional, there does need to be some retraction. For example, it's hard to understand why certain racetracks are running at the same time in certain states. Our job, which is welfare, we [need] to be able to deliver the right amount of racing for the horse population. We don't want to overtax the horses that we have and run them too often because we know that too many high-speed furlongs are one of the things that has the potential to cause injuries and ultimately death. So, do we have enough horses to run the races that we have? I'm out there because I care about Finger Lakes and Tampa and Emerald Downs-racetracks that do a really good job on safety and care, but don't have access necessarily to gaming revenue or the same sorts of [horse] populations the strongest racetracks have. So, I agree that that's an area we need to focus on. TDN: Let's get to the budget. Carstanjen points to this overall dynamic: While the number of covered races HISA oversees has dropped by around 25% between 2023 and 2025, the HISA budget hasn't fallen commensurately with it. As such, the per-start fee has risen sharply. Is the current per-start fee the right number? LL: First, I'll say his numbers are wrong. He's basing his calculations on numbers that are not accurate. In 2023, we only had the [Anti-Doping and Medication Control] program for half a year. So, it's not a good barometer. In addition to that, he's not taking credits into account. But putting all that aside, I do think that a per-start fee is a good barometer. And one of the challenges that we face there is, we're not at scale. Because of the Supreme Court case and litigation, we have some very big racing jurisdictions are not under HISA's authority, two of whom have tremendous number of starts, West Virginia, Louisiana, for example. As we get to a resolution from the Supreme Court on HISA, we're either going to be all in or out. If we're all out, then this conversation's irrelevant. If we're all in, that means that West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, they'll all be part of the overall cost structure. And if you look at the numbers, because I've looked at them very carefully, the amount that they assume of fixed costs is much more than it takes for us to service them. So, bringing them into the system will make a huge difference. The other thing about the 2023 numbers is that we included West Virginia and Louisiana in those numbers. We thought they'd be in. They ultimately ended up not being in. So, those numbers [used by CDI to calculate number of covered races] are just not accurate based on where we ended up at the end of the year. Either way, there's very little correlation between the number of starts and HISA's costs. I think there's this sort of misunderstanding or misconception that the majority of HISA's job is to run an anti-doping program. We have so many more responsibilities than that. We have technology responsibilities to build a portal, to collect information, to create risk assessment models. We've created five apps. We have integrated with about 12 different companies to make life easier for veterinarians when they put their billing records in. We do racetrack accreditations-we took over from the [National Thoroughbred Racing Association]. We spend a lot of time on jockey welfare, physical and mental. We have a national medical director who, when Brian Hernandez got hurt last week, was on the phone coordinating his care, making sure that his medical records were transferring. None of that happened before HISA. We have a national database now for jockeys that didn't exist before. We've public affairs initiatives. [Note: The TDN followed up post-interview on the actual number of covered starts. According to HISA, there were 214,935 covered starts in 2024, and 220,635 covered starts in 2023. HISA's originally projected covered starts for 2025 is 173,988] Bill Carstanjen | Coady Photo TDN: Carstanjen claims HISA's administrative overheads have “created duplication and inefficiencies that are unnecessarily and unsustainably driving up the costs borne by the racetracks covered by HISA.” What's your response? LL: It's the complete opposite. It used to be that every state operated in its own silo, okay? [We] essentially built the system from scratch. Now, we're able to achieve these economies of scale by working directly with racetracks and commissions so that we're not duplicating jobs. One of the best examples is, we took what was something like 15 labs countrywide down to four. We did a great service to the industry by getting rid of the labs that were unprofessional, incompetent, and frankly lacked integrity. Now that we have fewer labs, we get much better pricing per sample. Like anything else, if you're going to give more volume to one lab, they're willing to be more accommodating on price. Same thing with shipping. Now, we have uniform equipment, we handle the shipping from one central place, and we take advantage of those efficiencies. I think where Mr. Carstanjen gets that impression is how when HISA launched, a lot of changes happened in Kentucky statewide, particularly with their commission. Mark Guilfoyle came to work for us-he had been the head of the [former] Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. And on top of that, the current administration [the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation] got sports betting and tripled and whatever [in revenues]. So, Churchill Downs hasn't seen those efficiencies as much in Kentucky as they've seen them elsewhere because of the growth of HHR and all the additional regulation that they've needed to put in place on the commission side. TDN: While the budget has become more detailed with each passing year, I hear often from stakeholders they'd like HISA to much more thoroughly detail key aspects of the budget, including a detailed breakdown of salaries. Isn't this something HISA should be doing? LL: Absolutely we should be giving as detailed a budget as possible. Anybody who writes to me or writes to our CFO and ask questions that are not answered by looking at our online documents, we answer those questions. We're detailing as much as we can in terms of the salaries. There's only 26, 27 I think employees. [Some of] our salaries are already in our 990s, which are public. I think it's the top 10 or 12 [who are]. I've had to get used to this because I was never in public service before. I was always in the private sector. As a personal view, it doesn't feel great for people to know what you're earning. But as somebody who leads the organization with my senior staff, that is an understandable quid pro quo. Laboratory technician | ARCI We do what every other nonprofit does in terms of sharing the top salaries. Should [we] have to share the salary from a more junior employee? I'm not adverse to that. But that's also a little bit unfair to somebody who's just starting their career. In terms of being accountable for how we spend salaries and at least sharing with the industry what we spend on salaries in the IT department versus the comm's department, that I am very happy to share. And by the way, we're required to provide the FTC every year with a market index on our salaries versus market. They heavily scrutinize salaries. We do have significant oversight there. And we also have a board that approves our finances. TDN: What about the vendors? A more detailed breakdown of requests for proposals, who responded, costs? LL: I'm happy to be transparent and share information with anybody who wants it. The challenge with saying, 'we're going to share because we have a lot of vendors and we have a lot of responsibilities to share every single proposal and every single process,' we're just going to end up increasing our costs because we're going to need more people. It's a constant balance between what resources we want to spend money on and what sort of transparency we think is important. But certainly, if the feeling is that there's more information the public wants to see, we'll look at that. TDN: The lab testing and sample collection expenses in the proposed 2026 budget are only slightly reduced from the 2025 budget. What explains this, given the decrease in races needing to be processed and the efficiencies you identified earlier? LL: Because we were already realizing those efficiencies. They're not necessarily new efficiencies. [Some], they've [only] been in place since this year. We've only had four labs this year. The money we spend with the laboratory isn't just on sample analysis. It's also on research, on making sure that, with certain substances that recur in our samples, we are in the right place from a science standpoint in terms of screening limits and all that. For example, the Metformin study that we did recently should be completed any day now. That was funded through our lab testing budget line. That's a number that we use as like a credit line. If we can gain more efficiencies as time goes on, we won't spend up to that. We haven't spent up to the budget number for lab testing to date. TDN: Another point CDI raises is the lower sample-per-race testing ratio in Kentucky now than pre-HISA (a ratio that's also lower at other states). Should the sample-per-start ratio be more uniformly higher across the country? LL: It's a complicated question because the testing plan is based on intelligence, experience, and a number of different factors that are not just simply about volume. So, it's hard to say that we need to be at a certain test-per-race. We're still figuring out what's the lowest number of tests that [costs] the least amount of money to feel comfortable that we're maintaining that level of playing field. But that's the goal. Lisa Lazarus | The Jockey Club photo TDN: Do you have a timeframe with which to get to that sweet spot? LL: I can't say that we'll be there by a certain time, but it's something I'm seeing real gains with. We have debates all the time: Should we always test the winner? Should we be doing more out-of-competition and less post-race testing? Should we be doing less TCO2 [testing]? These are things we talk about all the time in order to figure out where that sweet spot is, where we're spending the least amount of money but able to achieve what we need to deliver. TDN: Factoring in the overall smaller proposed budget for 2026 (compared to 2025), as well as the proposed credits available to the states, it appears the net amount to be charged to the racetracks has increased over 2025 by $1.7 million. What exactly is done to ensure assessments are kept to a minimum? [Note: While Lazarus responded to this question verbally, HISA also supplied written answers to the same questions once the interview was over. For the purposes of brevity, the TDN has used HISA's written response, the same substantively to Lazarus's comments] HISA: The net amount has not increased. The 2026 Budget, after expected credits are netted out, is $60.6M. The 2025 Budget, after netting out credits actually given (versus expected/estimated credits from a year ago), is $61.4M. Therefore, the amount to be charged to tracks in 2026 has decreased by roughly $800K. TDN: How and how often are assessments reimbursed? LL: We bill monthly. The assessments are split 50 50 [between the horsemen and the track]. In some states, the commission pays for the entire invoice, like in Virginia, for example. At the end of the year, we look at everything paid and compare it to what the actual numbers show, and we either give them a credit or tell them there's a shortfall. TDN: Are all tracks and jurisdictions up to speed on their payments? LL: The only racetracks in the country that have not paid HISA in 2025 are those racetracks owned and operated by Churchill Downs. In Virginia [where CDI-owned Colonial Downs is situated] the commission pays the assessment. TDN: How is that impacting you? LL: We haven't [had] to ask anyone for a loan or default on any of our obligations. And if you figure that Churchill Downs owes probably $8, $9 million, I think we're doing pretty well under the circumstances. By next year, I hope we'll start to at least bring in or realize some outside revenue to start the process of basically decreasing the burden on the industry. TDN: Right. In the Town Hall you mentioned how you're looking at raising revenues from HISA in other ways. Have you made any meaningful movement on this? LL: I don't want to say too much yet, but the one area where we're pretty advanced is we have a tremendous amount of data. We have enabled to package our data anonymized, so it's not exposing or connecting any particular benchmark or metric with us to the course, but in ways that are very attractive to insurers, to other jurisdictions, to companies that are producing either wearables or other interesting technologies for horse racing or even other horse sports. We've also had some international jurisdictions reach out about licensing some of our technology because, believe it or not, [we're] seen internationally as being a first mover on having the portal that we have and some of the data analysis that's tied to it. We're collecting about 5,000 records a day. We're well into 6 million records in our database. If we can work also alongside some other industry stakeholders, I think we can even magnify that opportunity. TDN: You've said by 2035 you hope HISA to be financially self-sustaining. When can stakeholders expect to see some meaningful chunks taken out of these costs? LL: What I'll continue to say is that by 2030, I think that stakeholders can expect that half of the assessments will be paid for by non-assessment revenues. TDN: In April of this year, HISA has $2.8 million in outstanding loans and another $1.25 million outstanding in the form of a line of credit. What's the current status on that? LL: I think it's the same. TDN: From your discussions with the horsemen and the stakeholders, what other budgetary questions have you gotten? LL: The cost rate for HISA is not an entirely new cost. They are essentially a 20% increase of costs that existed prior, which I think was the gap between where we were from an integrity and safety standpoint and where we are now, or at least where we're going. Sometimes people will say to me, 'how is this too expensive?' And I'll say, 'okay, how is it impacting you? What do you find expensive?' And they can't tell me. There's nothing that's affecting their day-to-day life. They see numbers, and they're just saying it's expensive. Part of it also, while commission budgets were available, nobody took all those budgets and put them into one number. So, the number feels big to people, especially if they don't understand how the credit system works. The one thing I'm not interested in doing is running an organization that's just keeping the lights on and isn't advancing the sport. I don't think there's much space to cut costs and still be able to deliver what we're required to deliver. I think the industry deserves a lot more and I'm really confident that in time, horsemen and racetracks will come to realize it's worth it ultimately. The post HISA Budget Q&A With Lisa Lazarus: “Bringing Them Into The System Will Make A Huge Difference” appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jockeys' Guild on Paco Lopez suspension: The notice issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority against Paco Lopez Sept. 22, 2025 for "immediate suspension for six months" is absolutely uncalled for and beyond ludicrous.View the full article

The Jockeys' Guild of America issued a press release on Thursday afternoon responding to the suspension of Paco Lopez by HISA, which is reproduced here in its entirety. The notice issued by Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (“HISA”) against Paco Lopez on Sept. 22, 2025 for “immediate suspension for 6 months” is absolutely uncalled for and beyond ludicrous. This is just the latest in an extensive list of jockeys who have been assessed the outlandish fines and penalties for the use of the riding crop, the organization said in a press release on Thursday afternoon. The Jockeys' Guild is in no way condoning the actions of Paco on December 3, 2024 at Parx aboard National Law. His actions out of frustration and fear were indeed wrong. However, after Paco worked with his counsel, the Guild, and HISA, Paco entered into an agreed order of a conditional reinstatement with HISA. At the time of his reinstatement in January of this year, HISA acknowledged that Paco served a suspension, participated in anger management, made donations to both Second Call Thoroughbred Adoption and Placement and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, and demonstrated remorse in his actions. While the terms of the original agreement are confidential, the Guild stands firm that this suspension based on the infractions of the use of the riding crop since his reinstatement in which Paco has raised his wrist above his helmet, have absolutely zero correlation to type of conduct of Paco demonstrated on National Law at Parx. Since the inception of HISA, the Guild has and continues to adamantly dispute HISA Rules 2280. “Use of the Riding Crop” and 2282. “Riding Crop Violations and Penalties” as the rules are unreasonable and the penalties are draconian and far exceed the violations. It should be recognized that raising “the crop with the Jockey's wrist above the Jockey's helmet when using the crop” does not fall under the penalties in Rule 2282 (b) and Stewards have the authority to penalize the jockeys under Rule 8200 (b). The Guild has continued to argue that the “punishment must fit the crime”. In addition to the arguing the absurdity of the penalties in Rule 2282 (b) regarding the number count, the Guild has also argued that penalties for all other riding crop infractions under Rule 2280 should be at the discretion of the Stewards. The Guild and all of its members have always maintained that the safety and well-being of BOTH our equine and human athletes are paramount. We, as an industry, have an obligation to protect and maintain the standards, as well as the integrity of our sport. However, to invite members of the People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals (“PETA”) and others to dictate or spearhead investigations such as this, is a very slippery downward slope. PETA has proudly claimed responsibility, following a complaint filed by them with HISA, that Paco was immediately suspended. This is absolutely unacceptable. The original purpose of HISA was to create consistency and uniformity of the rules and regulations of horse racing and the Guild had always been a proponent of such. In an effort to work for the best interest of horseracing, the Guild has attempted to have a strong working relationship with HISA and its staff. There have been great strides made for the jockeys in raising awareness for mental health, as well as medical standards for the racetracks. With that said, the Guild has always held the belief that HISA should be working with the industry in order to improve the product and catch those who are harming the integrity of the sport that so many have dedicated their lives to preserving. As such, the interested parties need to be afforded the opportunity to collaborate on creating rules and penalties that are in the best interest for our industry. This means those who are creating the rules need to actually not only listen, but take credence, in the insight that is provided by those who are actually participating. In closing, Jockeys' Guild and jockeys throughout the country are standing with Paco with regards to the absurdity and unjustifiable suspension of six months for his riding crop violations. On behalf of our members, we will continue to fight the unfair and unreason we will continue to fight the unfair and unreasonable rules and to do what is in the best interest of racing, while protecting the human and equine athletes. The post Jockeys’ Guild Addresses Paco Lopez Suspension By HISA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Paco Lopez and his attorney Drew Mollica have been informed by the Horse Racing Safety and Integrity Authority that they will not grant Paco Lopez a stay of his six-month suspension for what HISA called a violation of the terms of his agreement stemming from a Dec. 4 incident involving the whip. “We are in the process of evaluating all legal remedies including but not limited to an emergency application to a court of competent jurisdiction to seek not only injunctive relief, but sanctions for this unilateral unprecedented decision to breach the terms of our valid agreement,” said Mollica. Lopez was issued a six-month suspension on September 23 by HISA, who said that “the suspension stems from Mr. Lopez's violation of the terms of his conditional reinstatement, related to a December 4, 2024 incident.” In that incident, Lopez struck his mount, National Law, on the head with his whip after the race had concluded. He was issued an indefinite suspension for that, which was later reduced to 50 days after agreeing to therapy and other conditions. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Mollica had sought a stay of the six-month suspension while he appealed the decision. When the suspension was announced, a HISA spokesperson explained, “Since Mr. Lopez returned from his suspension in January, 2025, he has been found by stewards to have committed 10 violations of HISA's riding crop rule, including eight violations in which the crop was raised with his wrist above his helmet when using the crop. The cumulative nature of the violations demonstrates a pattern of disregard for HISA's rules and presents risk of injury to Covered Horses.” Mollica contended that none of those violations related to the National Law incident. The post HISA Denies Paco Lopez Stay appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Johannes, the defending City of Hope Miles Stakes (G2T) winner and second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T), returns as the even-money morning-line favorite in this year's edition at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

The Thoroughbred industry lost one of its great horsewomen last month when Diane Perkins, a top breeder and trainer among her many accolades, died overseas Aug. 6 at 89.View the full article

This year has been a big step forward for Dazzling Move, who not only moved into graded company for the first time but also earned her first win in such a race. View the full article

The horse racing industry will gain access to advanced machine vision technology through a new partnership between Equius AI and global surveillance provider IREX AI, the former said via a Thursday press release. The collaboration will deliver video intelligence platforms designed for racetracks, training facilities, and equine operations, utilizing IREX's existing security infrastructure currently deployed across 30+ countries at airports, government facilities, transportation networks, and major sporting venues. The technology suite includes real-time security analytics, fire and smoke detection, crowd monitoring, and biometric access control. Racing-specific applications will encompass individual horse identification, barn entry logging, quarantine compliance monitoring, medication administration oversight, and race-day surveillance. The release also said that Equius AI, founded by Sobhy Sonbol of Nile Bloodstock, and IREX plan to collaborate with horsemen, veterinarians, and industry professionals to ensure the technology addresses practical needs across the sport. The post Equius AI And IREX Partner To Bring Machine Vision Technology To Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin The two most complete pacers in New Zealand return at Addington tonight with the same problem. Because both Marketplace and Republican Party are so good they are supposed to win but both could easily get beaten without losing their crowns. It is a common story in modern harness racing: wonderful horse gets bad draw or tough handicap in comeback race and connections want him driven conservatively so he starts his campaign with a positive experience. If you think you might have read this story before you have. Last Friday, when Merlin returned off a 20m handicap in the Spring Cup at Alexandra Park. He was a warm favourite, he was driven perfectly. He got beat. Republican Party faces that exact same problem tonight, when he kicks off his New Zealand Cup campaign from a 20m handicap in a $22,500 race. Genuinely good pacers in We Walk By Faith (front line) and Alta Meteor and Mo’unga (10m) get a head start and perhaps more importantly field position over Republican Party in tonight’s 2600m. Republican Party’s co-trainer Cran Dalgety wants him to win but doesn’t think he will yet he is the Auckland Cup and Messenger winner and everybody loves him so he opened $5 and name recognition alone could drive that price lower tonight. “We are really happy with him and he has had two trials so he is ready as he can be,” says Dalgety. “But I want him to be driven to fully exert himself over, say, 500m, not exert himself for 500m in the middle of the race to get around them then have to exert himself again.” Translated from trainer-speak to punter-speak that means: He can win, but probably won’t and you shouldn’t back him. We Walk By Faith and Alta Meteor are better bets while Don’t Stop Dreaming could win or finish last without surprising anybody because at his best he is very good and at his worst he seems very uninterested. Like Republican Party, Marketplace is a son of the great Bettor’s Delight and he might be a little bit special. He could be our best pacer in a year which could be almost enough time for him to escape the jet wash of Leap To Fame and Swayzee that has caused so many Kiwi pacers to crash and burn in the last two years. A fully fit, on the speed and angry Marketplace would win tonight but he won’t be any of those things because tonight is a step down a path toward races like the $500,000 Velocity, NZ Derby and Flying Stakes, races Marketplace is long odds-on to win. Adding to his issues tonight are the three really good rivals in Rubira, Got The Chocolates and Bettors Anvil who are fitter than him and drawn inside him. Trainer Regan Todd doesn’t waste his words. “In all likelihood he will go back at the start and hope for the right cart into the race but we are also aware that might not come,” says Todd. Marketplace can still win as he only has six rivals and could easily be in the one-one with 800m to go and if he is his $1.80 opening price will feel like theft. But if he is four back on the outer with one of his rivals ready to unleash a 55-second last 800m then could be both exceptional yet expensive. Between now and when the harness racing season ends on December 31 both Republican Party and Marketplace are almost certain to win more stake money than any of the horses they race tonight. But that doesn’t mean they should be carrying yours this time. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Ben Butcher thinks Pantani might be getting to the top of his learning curve just in time for tonight’s Metro Trot Final at Alexandra Park. The Cambridge trotter will start odds on in the $35,000 final after winning the stronger of the two heats run a fortnight ago by 10-and-a-half lengths, suggesting he is close to a good thing tonight. On that last start, and best form of 2024, Pantani probably should win again but there have been plenty of lows in between, with caretaker trainer and driver Butcher saying Pantani was a victim of his own early success. “The problem he had was winning three races in a row last year and looking really good doing it,” says Butcher, whose father David trains Pantani but is overseas. “So he ended up in a really good grade very quickly against horses who could trot the same sectionals he can but they had more experience. “He then had to learn in a hard grade what most trotters learn in easier races and it think it took him a while. “But he is maturing and getting there now, as we saw last start.” Pantani is still anything but the finished product but he looked much more comfortable against the marker pegs when leading last start than chasing or having to come wider on the track, which is often a trap for inexperienced trotters. He does cop barrier 8 tonight but Butcher suggests his last start thrashing of many of those he meets should have earned him enough respect to be taken seriously if he goes forward inside the first lap. So if you are taking the odds-on about him tonight expect to see him driven positively and with the $35,000 a great stake for this calibre of horse, some rival drivers may be keen to take a trail on the most logical winner. “If it wins this week it is also penalty-free after winning his heat so we’d love to get this race,” says Butcher. One rival who somewhat mirrors Pantani’s form is Loteria, who clearly had more overall ability than her record suggests but is still learning how to best use her energy. She looked over the odds when opening at $13 and is worth following regardless of what she does tonight. Butcher also drives You Little Beauty (R3, No.5) tonight for his father against stablemate Hooray Henry, who will have the services of Ben’s brother Zachary. “There isn’t much between them. The mare might be tougher but Henry is probably faster so they both have a good show as it is only a small field.” Butcher also suggests another of his drives Seaside Boss (R6, No.3) can improve even after winning last start so he could be a good each chance. Tonight’s other Metro Final for the pacers has Mediator (R4, No.2) as the warm favourite even though he is stepping up in grade. He does look to have more upside than many of his rivals though so the early tactics on a fast front line could be a deciding factor. View the full article

Johannes, the defending City of Hope winner and second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile, returns as the even-money morning line favorite in this year's edition at Santa Anita.View the full article

A HISA pilot program released results from a study of advanced cardiac monitoring of Thoroughbreds that shows atrial fibrillation (AF)–traditionally considered a benign, performance-limiting condition–can worsen during exercise, cause a more severe arrhythmia that leads to sudden death, according to a press release from HISA on Thursday. The group said that electrocardiogram data from affected horses that displayed AF both at rest and under exertion, underscores the need for early detection and highlighs the potential of integrating routine cardiac screening into pre-training and pre-race evaluations. During the first six months of 2025, HISA's Exercise-Associated Sudden Death (EASD) Working Group–launched in October 2023–said that EASD accounted for approximately 8% of racing fatalities and 18% of training fatalities at racetracks subject to HISA rules (and training centers owned by them). Retrospective analysis of cases since HISA's inception shows that more than 50% of cases were likely related to cardiac issues, often classified as “Sudden Cardiac Death.” The majority of these EASD events occurred early in a horse's career, with the highest incidence occurring in horses with zero to five starts. HISA launched its working group in recognition of the critical importance of addressing and better understanding these risks and preventing EASD. The pilot, led by Dr. Cristobal Navas de Solis, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Ultrasound and Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Sian Durward-Akhurst, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, is ongoing. The findings were presented at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Kentucky in summer 2025, among other meetings of specialists in the field. Dr. Navas de Solis and Dr. Durward-Akhurst partnered with leading experts to investigate underlying causes and develop prevention strategies. Program collaborators include Dr. Mary Durando (Equine Sports Medicine Consultants, U.S.), Dr. Grace Forbes (Racing Victoria, Australia), Dr. Laura Nath (University of Adelaide, Australia) and wearable technology specialists at Arioneo Equimetre (France). “Integrating cardiac screening into routine evaluations–whether through wearable devices or veterinary exams–could allow trainers and veterinarians to identify at-risk horses before exercise,” said Dr. Karen Hassan, HISA's Compliance and Research Veterinarian and chair of HISA's EASD Working Group. “This opens the door to scalable monitoring protocols and standardized response strategies that could save equine lives.” The next phase of the program will focus on scalability and the development of real-time cardiac monitoring protocols and risk-based screening criteria. Specifically, AF could be detected either via wearable devices, handheld ECG devices or auscultation by a veterinarian before exercise, allowing trainers to withhold exercise and work with their veterinary team to evaluate affected horses further. Establishing optimal workflows and tools to be used for rhythm analysis with an emphasis on AF, defining the risk of arrhythmia other than AF and proposing and evaluating a standardized response protocol for cardiac adverse events during exercise will be key components of the next phase of work. To further educate stakeholders on EASD, a series of educational webinars will be held for horsemen and veterinarians in the coming weeks. HISA has issued an accompanying Equine Health Advisory on EASD, associated risk factors and what trainers and veterinarians can do to help prevent EASD, which can be found here. The post HISA Study Finds AFib Can Contribute To Sudden Death; Early Detection Key appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article