Toggle mobile menu

Current Tag: HISA

Features

If the NBA Can See It, So Can Horse Racing

POSTED: June 4, 2026

The case for AI officiating has arrived. It's time for racing to stop pretending the technology doesn't exist Adam Silver was sitting across from Pat...

View
Features

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...

View
Features

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...

View
Features

BELIEVE THEM

POSTED: May 19, 2026

What Six Months of Industry Response Reveals About Who Actually Controls the Narrative in Horse Racing The Record Needs to Be Stated Clearly Past The...

View
Features

Lopez Wins Preakness — And Appears To Have Done It Breaking The Same Rule That Got Him Suspended

POSTED: May 19, 2026

“Whip rules were adopted and promoted as evidence that racing had modernized its welfare standards. Their credibility depends not merely on drafting rules, but on...

View
Features

When the System Works: Ryan, HERF, and a Tuesday in May

POSTED: May 12, 2026

I want to tell you about a horse named Ryan. He didn't run last week in The Kentucky Derby. He's not running Saturday in The...

View
Features

THE VERDICT AND THE SCIENCE: LASIX

POSTED: May 7, 2026

A Correction, a Deeper Look, and a More Damning Conclusion A NOTE ON OUR PRIOR REPORTING In our April 2, 2026 article "The Lasix Question:...

View
Features

The Voice They Should Have Asked For

POSTED: May 6, 2026

Louis Masry is funding this sport, studying it forensically, and fighting for the people at the bottom of its food chain. The industry’s response has...

View
Features

Sound Horses, Uncertain Science, and a Broken System: The Vet Scratch Crisis Racing Can No Longer Ignore

POSTED: April 30, 2026

From White Abarrio's courtroom battle to Renegade's quarter cracks and a Keeneland meet with a record vet scratch rate, a collision of safety culture, regulatory...

View

Categories

Old school, no b.s. analysis. I don't listen to anybody else.

KevingPick 4, 5 @TheDirtyWork View testimonials
SB: Sure Bet Coffee Square (ad)

Facebook