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Larry Collmus To Call Races For Del Mar’s Fall Season

For the third time in the past three years, veteran race caller Larry Collmus will fill in at Del Mar for the track's longtime announcer Trevor Denman. This time he'll do it for the majority of the approaching Bing Crosby Season, which will run for 13 days between November 11 and December 4.

Collmus, who has called races at virtually every major racetrack in the country over the past 37 years and has been NBC's caller for both the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup races since 2011, now will have called the three most recent fall sessions, as well as the 2020 summer season. The 57-year-old has drawn solid plaudits for his work at the track where the turf meets the surf.

For all three of his fall fill-ins, Collmus has had either Breeders' Cup or prior commitments that took away his ability to be on hand for a small portion of the meets. This fall that will be true once again and, as before, Del Mar steady backup announcer, John Lies, will handle the mic for the first weekend – November 11, 12 and 13.

“We're so fortunate that we again can call on the services of a first-class announcer like Larry,” said Del Mar's president and COO, Josh Rubinstein. “Not only does he do an exceptional job for us in the announcer's booth, but he's a plus for our side on the social media scene as well. He brings good energy to the position and, besides, he just loves being here.”

Del Mar will race on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedule throughout the ninth Bing Crosby Season, with the exception of an additional day of sport on Thursday, November 24, Thanksgiving Day. First post daily will be 12:30 p.m. (11 a.m. on Thanksgiving) with eight races planned for weekdays and nine for weekends.

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Graham Motion, Mark Casse Among Members Of HISA’s Horsemen’s Advisory Group

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has announced the members of its Horsemen's Advisory Group, who were selected from among the more than 250 applications received from hands-on racing participants from across the country. Starting in November, the Advisory Group will convene on a monthly basis to provide feedback to the Authority's executive team and Standing Committees on the implementation and evolution of HISA's Racetrack Safety and Anti-Doping and Medication Control regulations.

Following HISA's announcement of the Advisory Group's formation on August 29, HISA chose 19 members who together represent a broad range of views and experience from across the American horseracing community. Included among them are trainers, owners and veterinarians, as well as representatives of racing offices, backstretch employees, farriers and aftercare initiatives. Members will serve between 1–2-year terms to stagger changes in the composition of the group and to maximize the opportunity for participation across the industry in the coming years.

“I want to thank everyone across the horseracing community who expressed interest in joining the Horsemen's Advisory Group. I am particularly grateful to its distinguished and highly qualified new members who have agreed to collaborate with us on an ongoing basis,” said Lisa Lazarus, HISA CEO. “I know that HISA will benefit immensely from this group's extensive, hands-on experience in Thoroughbred racing as we continue to work with all industry stakeholders to advance the safety and integrity of our sport.”

The following individuals have been selected to serve as members of the inaugural Horsemen's Advisory Group:

Mark Casse is a trainer and the founder of Casse Racing based in Ocala, Florida. Mark has been inducted into both the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.

Kelsey Danner is a trainer based at Palm Meadows in Boynton Beach, Florida and at Delaware Park.

Tom Drury is a trainer from Louisville, Kentucky and a board member of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA) and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (KTOB).

Linda Gaudet is Vice President of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (MTHA), where she has been a member since its inception in 1994. Gaudet will serve as the Horsemen's Advisory Group's Backstretch Worker Representative given her history of advocacy on behalf of Backstretch workers.

Rick Gold is chair of the Thoroughbred Owners of California's Integrity and Safety Committee and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner in California and Australia.

Donnie K Von Hemel is a trainer based in Piedmont, Oklahoma operating Von Hemel Racing, founded by his father Don Von Hemel. Donnie races in, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

Fred Hertrich III is the former chairman of the Breeders' Cup Board of Directors and proprietor of Watercress Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Fred has been a breeder and owner of standardbred racehorses for the last 35 years and is also the Treasurer of the Hambletonian Society. Fred will be serving as the Advisory Group's Harness Racing Representative.

David Ingordo is a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and Bloodstock agent.

Frank Jones serves as Vice Chairman of both the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. He is also a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and an avid horseplayer.

Tim Keefe is President of the MTHA and a trainer stabled at Laurel Park in Maryland.

Dr. Sara Langsam is an equine veterinarian with Teigland, Franklin and Brokken DVMs who is based at Belmont Park. She is one of the Advisory Group's two Veterinarian Representatives.

Ron Moquett is an Oklahoma native and trainer based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He races in Arkansas, Kentucky, New York and Oklahoma.

Maggi Moss is a former chief Prosecutor from Des Moines, Iowa and a practicing attorney who is also a Thoroughbred owner with horses racing in Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana and New York.

Graham Motion was born in Newmarket, England and is a trainer based in Fair Hill, Maryland and the owner of Herringswell Stables.

Dr. John Piehowicz is an equine veterinarian and founder of Cincinnati Equine, LLC. He will serve as the second Veterinarian Representative.

Tom Robbins is Executive Vice President, Racing and Industry Relations at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and will be serving as the Advisory Group's Racing Office Representative.

Rick Schosberg is a trainer and Vice-President of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA), President of Take2 Second Career Thoroughbreds, and Director on the Board of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.

Thomas Trosin is a second-generation Farrier and past President of the American Farriers Association. Thomas has been licensed as a plater in both California and Oklahoma and will serve as the Advisory Group's Farrier Representative.

Kirk Wycoff is a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and the proprietor of Three Diamonds Farm.

About the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority

Established when the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act was signed into federal law in 2020, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) is responsible for drafting and enforcing uniform safety and integrity rules in thoroughbred racing in the U.S. Overseen by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HISA was created to implement, for the first time, a national, uniform set of rules applicable to every thoroughbred racing participant and racetrack facility. HISA is comprised of two programs: the Racetrack Safety Program, which went into effect July 1, 2022, and the Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program, which will go into effect in January 2023.

The Racetrack Safety Program includes operational safety rules and national racetrack accreditation standards that seek to enhance equine welfare and minimize equine and jockey injury. The Program expands veterinary oversight, imposes surface maintenance and testing requirements, enhances jockey safety, regulates riding crop use, and implements voided claim rules, among other important measures.

The ADMC Program will create a centralized testing and results management process and apply uniform penalties for integrity violations efficiently and consistently across the United States. These rules and enforcement mechanisms will be administered by a new independent agency, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU), established by Drug Free Sport International (DFS). HIWU will oversee testing, educate stakeholders on the new system, accredit laboratories, investigate potential integrity violations and prosecute rule breaches.

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Jessica Cloer, Matt Reichel Join National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has named Jessica Cloer as Museum Curator and Matt Reichel as Museum Educator.

“Jessica and Matt are great additions to our team at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame,” said Cate Masterson, the Museum's Director. “Both are talented and proven professionals in their respective disciplines and will be tremendous assets to the Museum in their new positions.”

Cloer comes to the Museum with more than a decade of experience working in museums. She began her career sharing the story of America's founding as a park ranger at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Since 2013, Cloer has been a registrar at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University, Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Mass., Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa.

A graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Mass., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in History, Cloer went on to earn a Master of Liberal Arts from Harvard University. In her free time, she enjoys visiting museums and historic sites, exploring the great outdoors, traveling, and spending time with her husband, Garrett, and two cats, Regina and Duke.

Reichel worked in the field of education in New York's Capital Region for five years prior to joining the Museum. Upon graduating from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History, Reichel taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., and at Saratoga Central Catholic and the Saratoga Film Academy.

Following his undergraduate studies, Reichel earned a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He has also worked at the New York State Museum in Albany. A 15-year resident of Saratoga Springs, Reichel enjoys theatre in his spare time and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

For more information about the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, including upcoming events, please visit www.racingmuseum.org or call (518) 584-0400.

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Turf Writer Scheinman Captures MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament

John Scheinman of Baltimore, a two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer, finished with a balance of $1,691.10 to top of field of 131 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club's Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday at Laurel Park.

The fall edition of the bi-annual Champions Tournament was hosted in Laurel's refurbished second-floor sports bar. James Staub of Ellicott City, Md. captured the spring event in March with a final bankroll of $3,672.

The tournament was open to players for a fee of $300. In addition to prize money, the top four finishers qualified for automatic berths to the National Handicapping Championship (NHC), Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), or Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge (PWCBC).

After making a minimum of 10 win, place and/or show wagers on races from Laurel, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita, Belmont Park at Aqueduct and Keeneland, Scheinman ended with a $51.90 cushion over runner-up Robin Buser and earned $12,000 in prize money.

Given his choice of four tournament berths, Scheinman, author of the novella Bal Harbour Blues, selected the BCBC to be held November 4-5 at Keeneland.

Buser, of Delran, N.J., finished with a bankroll of $1,639.20 to earn $8,000 in prize money and a berth in the NHC, scheduled for March 10-12, 2023 in Las Vegas.

Third place went to Joe Walzog of Nottingham, Md., who finished with a balance of $830 and earned $4,000 and is headed to the PWCBC in January 2023 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Gilson Fontz of Millersville, Md. was fourth with a balance of $821.20 and earned $2,400 and a seat at the NHC.

Rounding out the top 10 finishers were Robert Bandzwolek with a tournament balance of $600.80, William Miller ($541), George Carr ($426), Michael Sweeney ($380), Gregory McBeth ($364.90) and Frank Barnhart ($315). Each player earned $2,400 in prize money.

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