The Florida HBPA-sponsored Recreation Program for the Backstretch Community, on hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, celebrated its first event in more than a year with a trip to Rapids Water Park in West Palm Beach on Tuesday. Pastor Tom LaPointe, who directs the program, organized 43 backstretch workers and their families for the day...Read More
Paulick Report: On the final day of a special session, Florida legislators on Wednesday approved three separate gambling measures that will strengthen the Seminole tribe’s dominant position in the gambling market, allow non-Thoroughbred pari-mutuel facilities to decouple casinos and card rooms from their racing and jai-alai operations, and create a five-member Gaming Commission that will […]Read More
Florida Politics: Two House bills weaving the legal framework for the Seminole Compact’s impact on horse racing and on fantasy sports betting won approval Monday from the House Select Subcommittee on Authorized Gaming Activity. Both bills, Republican Rep. Chris Latvala‘s HB 7A for decoupling casinos from pari-mutuel betting and Republican Rep. Josie Tomkow‘s HB 9A for fantasy sports, seek to create...Read More
ATTENTION HORSEMEN: Effective with the start of Condition Book #3, May 28, 2021, the Void Claim Rule at Gulfstream Park will be expanded. Claims will be voided, per the conditions outlined in the new rule below. In some cases, the successful claimant or his/her trainer will have 15 minutes after the stewards have been notified...Read More
Everyone has a story about how they got into horse racing. Tom Cannell’s introduction to the sport is one you probably haven’t heard before. “My mom and I would watch the replays from Thistledown on TV,” Cannell reminisced. “It was like watching Jeopardy every night. We’d pick a number and watch the races together.” The...Read More
