On Gretna Racing LLC’s request to the Florida Supreme Court yesterday to review a recent First District Court of Appeal ruling on the implementation of slot machines, Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association President Bill White said: “It’s no surprise that Gretna Racing LLC is fighting for a slot machine license all the way to the Florida Supreme Court. It’s also no surprise that it’s coming now,...Read More
The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, together with the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association and Florida Quarter Horse Breeders and Owners Association launched a “NoDecoupling.com” awareness campaign to let Florida Legislators arriving in Tallahassee for this week’s kickoff of Special Session C that horsemen are firmly opposed to “decoupling” in ANY form. The “No Decoupling”...Read More
With major media now reporting that “decoupling” could be a “done deal,” Florida’s racehorse owners, trainers and breeders want the Florida Legislature to know they strongly oppose the proposal in any form. The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, which represents over 6,000 Thoroughbred racehorse owners and trainers who do business in the State of...Read More
Florida’s top political blog, SaintPetersBlog.com noted today’s news that SNL Financial Founder Reid Nagle has lent his name to the www.NoDecoupling.com effort to stop Florida’s Legislature from killing live horse racing. Florida horse-racing industry officials have sounded the alarm at the recent surge of legislative interest in “decoupling,” which would effectively expand gambling by immediately...Read More
Will You Join Him? By Bill White, FHBPA President Before he started training Thoroughbred race horses in Florida five years ago, Nagle had spent more than 30 years in the world of high finance. In 1987 he founded SNL Financial, the premier multi-industry business intelligence service that caters to Wall Street and public companies worldwide....Read More
