The following release is from the NTRA: Department of Homeland Security to Accept Petitions for 30,000 additional H-2B Visas Beginning May 8 Lexington, Ky. (May 6, 2019) — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that it will begin accepting petitions on Wednesday, May 8 for 30,000 additional H-2B visas restricted to returning workers for Fiscal Year...Read More
The FHBPA Board of Directors approved an amended Voiding a Claim Rule at Gulfstream Park and Gulfstream Park West beginning with races on Thursday April 18, 2019. The previous rule involved fatalities on the track and horses that were vanned off. The new expanded rule allows a successful claimant to request the voiding of a...Read More
A longer version of this story was published by ParklandTalk.com here. Among the leadership success stories continuing to emerge in the wake of last year’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting is 19-year-old Nick Vaccarezza, who was sworn in last night (April 11, 2019) as one of the newest Board members of the Florida Horsemen’s...Read More
When your “office” is a shedrow and you may not even have a bucket for a chair, eating lunch at work is tough. Stopping by a water cooler with a race-ready Thoroughbred in one hand is certainly out of the question. This afternoon predicament of grooms shipping in with their runners to Gulfstream Park did...Read More
The following press release is from the NTRA: THREE-YEAR RACEHORSE DEPRECIATION PROVISION INCLUDED IN PROPOSED TAX EXTENDERS, DISASTER RELIEF LEGISLATION LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 1, 2019) – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced bipartisan tax and disaster relief legislation on Thursday, February 28, that includes three-year depreciation for...Read More
Florida Becomes Global Horse Racing Epicenter This Weekend Since the first horses were domesticated for riding, they became one of mankind’s most enduring symbol of power and supremacy. In his famous Black Stallion books, author Walter Farley details an ancient horse race taking place deep in the Sahara Desert, where chieftains gathered to test...Read More
When a bill relating to horse racing is filed in the Florida House of Representatives, it’s certain to be heard by the Gaming Control Subcommittee—one of the five subcommittees under the powerful Florida House Commerce Committee. Chaired by State Representative David Santiago, a Republican representing House District 27 from Volusia County, the Gaming Control Subcommittee...Read More
“Trying to pass a parimutuel bill in Florida is like throwing a side of beef into a shark tank,” former Florida Senate President Tom Lee once told the Sun-Sentinel. Because even the simplest of proposed legislation can become a laden-down free-for-all by the time industry factions amend a bill with their respective agendas, it’s more than likely...Read More
As Florida’s 2019 Legislative Session gets underway with Interim Committee Weeks beginning December 11, longtime horsemen following the lawmaking process may be wondering where the traditional Senate Regulated Industries Committee has disappeared to. The 2018-2020 Senate President is veteran legislator Bill Galvano, whom some may recall was the primary architect of the 2010 Seminole Compact. No stranger to...Read More
