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After months of research and stakeholder engagement for Mike Repole's National Thoroughbred Alliance initiative, I read the Aug. 26 open letter, "When Does a Thoroughbred Earn a Safe Retirement" with interest and, assuredly, shared frustration. The authors have been at the forefront of fighting the slaughter pipeline for years. The most basic finding of my research has been, to little surprise, that the space often referred to as "aftercare,"--which I will call "beyond racing"--is grossly underfunded and underdeveloped. If anyone suggests to you that our industry is doing enough at...

On Thursday, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority updated some important rules and deadlines concerning the impending racetrack safety portion launch of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). The Authority-the umbrella non-profit established by the Act-noted among other things that the registration deadline for certain "covered persons" has been pushed back a day, to July 2, and clarified some details about the transfer of claimed horse records. Since issuing a cheat sheet to help guide industry participants through this process, the TDN has been fielding unanswered questions industry participants...