Monday, December 5, 2016 Important Message to All Horsemen About Our Industry’s Workforce National HBPA Lexington, KY, United States The largest racing horsemen’s representative association in North American, representing close to 30,000 owners and trainers of racehorses. To all trainers, horse owners and farm owners/managers: On Monday, we need to light up the phone lines...Read More
Horsemen, Another year is soon to pass and with it is the anticipation of a new year and with it many challenges – both old and new. There are a multitude of issues facing owners and trainers both in the present and those looming on the horizon. The first issue is PURSES. As president of...Read More
The FHBPA will hold its annual Nominating Meeting and Awards Dinner on December 8, 2016 beginning at 5:30 pm in the Sport of Kings Room at Gulfstream Park. Nominations for the 2017 FHBPA Board of Directors election will be taken there for terms that are expiring. Five, three-year positions are open for owners and trainers,...Read More
The Winter 2016-2017 Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park opens with the 18th running of the Claiming Crown races on December 3, 2016. The Claiming Crown is hosted by Gulfstream for the fifth consecutive year and offers nine starter stakes totaling $1.1 million in purses. This year’s edition marks the first year of a new 3-year agreement...Read More
A Marion County circuit judge is giving a statewide racehorse owners group 20 days to explain why it shouldn’t be ordered to … The post Judge slaps horse group with ‘show cause’ order appeared first on Florida Politics.Read More
As a result of Hurricane Matthew, there will be no racing at Gulfstream Park West tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, October 5 through 7. With the approaching storm, horsemen who are stabled in the lower level barns at Gulfstream may temporarily move their horses to available higher level barn stalls or may temporarily move their horses...Read More
Gulfstream Park West Meet [gdlr_divider type=”solid” size=”90%” ] ATTENTION HORSEMEN The Horsemen’s Bookkeeper Office will remain at Gulfstream Park during the Gulfstream Park West meet. Please plan accordingly! Thank you FHBCRead More
Horsemen, During the past year, the FHBPA has reached out to our members outside of the South Florida area. I have been asked to come and address current issues with horsemen in the Ocala area on three separate occasions over the last several months. On each occasion, several of the FHBPA Board’s Directors have also...Read More
The FHBPA has instituted a re-vamped college scholarship program for the 2016-2017 academic year. The scholarship awards are need-based and open to all backstretch workers and their sons and daughters. In this kickoff year, the awards totaled $30,000.00. The recipients are all fine, deserving students attending a wide range of colleges as indicated below. Their...Read More
ATTENTION ALL TRAINERS: FHBPA has been advised that the State will soon be enforcing the requirement of all Trainers of Record at GP, GPW and Palm Meadows to have completed and up-to-date Personnel Rosters on file with the Racing Secretary and available for inspection by the State’s Chief Inspector. The applicable Rule is 61D-6.002(1). Personnel...Read More
