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Wagering Insecurity: Suspicious Alerts This is Part 9 of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation's (TIF) series “Wagering Insecurity.” Faced with remarkable competitive pressure from the rise of legal sports betting, horse racing is at a crossroads. Confidence amongst horseplayers and horse owners is essential to the future sustainability of the sport. Efforts to improve the greater North American Thoroughbred industry will fall flat if its stakeholders fail to secure a foundation of integrity, along with increased transparency of the wagering business and its participants over time. Achieving t...

Sponsored by: Jose Santos and girlfriend Carson McCord Jose Santos became famous for winning races as a jockey. His son wants to become famous for winning races as a jockey agent. The winning formula for Jose “Joe” Santos Jr. is to try and revolutionize the profession through strength in numbers, eventually creating a corporate-like business model. Santos, 26, represents five riders at four tracks. The bulky roster briefly reached six earlier this year and included two for most of the Oaklawn meet in David Cabrera, its second-leading rider in 2018 who is headed toward another ru...

Oklahoma Attorney General Files Lawsuit Challenging HISA Monday, April 26, 2021 at 5:30 pm | Back to: Top News Updated: April 26, 2021 at 7:07 pm Dustin Orona Photography A federal lawsuit spearheaded by the state of Oklahoma to try and get the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) voided for alleged constitutional violations was filed Monday, meaning there are now two active legal challenges in the United States court system attempting to derail the regulatory powers of the HISA “Authority” prior to that regulatory body's planned 2022 phase-in. According to a press release issued b...

The State of Oklahoma, joined by the U.S. Trotting Association, Hanover Shoe Farms, the State of West Virginia and others, filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern Division of Kentucky U.S. District Court challenging the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act on Monday (April 26). Other plaintiffs in the complaint filed for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief are the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, West Virginia Racing Commission, Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and three Oklahoma racetracks – Remington Park, Will Rogers Downs and Fair Meadows. “T...

Top Oklahoma-Bred Welder Preparing For Rare Out-Of-State Appearance At Oaklawn Park Sponsored by: Trainer Teri Luneack and her star sprinter Welder at Ra-Max Farms in Claremore, Okla. Oaklawn will run two $1 million races Saturday (Apple Blossom and Oaklawn Handicap) and have a millionaire running in an allowance event when Welder makes a rare appearance outside Oklahoma for trainer Theresa Sue Luneack and owner Ra-Max Farms LLC. Oklahoma-bred Welder is the 2-1 program favorite for the 10th race – the Oaklawn Handicap and Apple Blossom are bookends – a conditioned sprint for ol...