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Forbes Calls Kentucky Racing's Response to the Ortiz Brothers 'Leadership.' It Isn't.

POSTED: May 29, 2026

Danny Brewer filed a piece for Forbes on May 28, 2026, titled Commitment Makes Kentucky A Leader In Thoroughbred Racing. It is a promotional article...

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The Enforcement Problem HISA Can't Outsource Away

POSTED: May 27, 2026

Two enforcement failures. Two different arms of HISA's regulatory apparatus. One week. Neither failure is a close call. Neither involves disputed science, ambiguous evidence, or...

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Belmont Stakes Seminar: Unfinished Business

POSTED: May 24, 2026

Leaving It All on the Track The Belmont Stakes, in our backyard. We don’t like leaving unfinished business. In our Kentucky Derby Seminar, our Kentucky...

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The Stewards Looked At The Tape — And Said They Didn't See It

POSTED: May 24, 2026

On Friday, the Maryland Racing Commission stewards who oversaw the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park issued their finding on Paco Lopez's winning ride aboard Napoleon...

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THE SPORT THAT FORGOT IT WAS ONE

POSTED: May 23, 2026

How CDI and the KHRG Completed the Job Boxing Started There was a time when the heavyweight championship of the world stopped everything. Not just...

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Twenty Years. One Amendment. The People Who Finally Got It Done.

POSTED: May 23, 2026

A House committee passed the Van Drew-Titus Amendment, embedding a horse slaughter transport ban inside major infrastructure legislation. The SAFE Act has been introduced in...

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THE STANDARD THAT RACING FORGOT

POSTED: May 22, 2026

Every Major American Sport Has Faced This Question. Every One of Them Answered It the Same Way. Not Horse Racing The Kentucky Horse Racing and...

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The Crucible in Montreal: Why Sunday is the Race of George Russell’s Life

POSTED: May 20, 2026

Get Ready to See a Grand Prix for the Ages: George Russell Defined The Formula 1 marketing machine spends millions trying to fabricate drama, but...

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Six Months Later, They Finally Had To

POSTED: May 20, 2026

The Paulick Report found the Ortiz cockfighting story today, we found it last November. On May 20th, 2026, the Paulick Report published a piece by...

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