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The 16th Annual Oaklawn Kick-Off Banquet was held Nov. 29 at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock.

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Bill Walmsley, Jon Moss, and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association for Iowa filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission to stop the illegally constituted Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA).

After some test rings last spring, Oaklawn’s fund-raising efforts for local Thoroughbred aftercare began in earnest Friday afternoon with the opening of its scheduled 68-day live racing season.

Organizations representing Thoroughbred horse owners and trainers have filed a federal lawsuit to stop a new law in which Congress punted on its legislative duties and, instead, handed the power to regulate horse racing over to a private group. Under the law, this elite group within the industry is allowed to monopolize power and change not only the rules, but the federal laws that govern horse racing across the country. In the Dec. 2020 COVID-19 stimulus plan, the U.S. Congress tucked in this pet project pushed by elite horseracing interest groups. With the passage of the Horseracing Integri...