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The Friday Show: Trials And Tribulations Of Federal Horse Doping Probe

Andrew Cohen is an attorney, legal analyst, journalist, senior editor of the Marshall Project and a Standardbred owner. In those various roles, he has a unique perspective on the federal horse doping investigation that shocked the racing world nearly two years ago with the indictments of more than two dozen individuals, including trainers from both Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing.

Cohen joins Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss on this week's Friday Show to review developments in the federal probe and discuss what may lie ahead for those awaiting trial, and whether or not history suggests more indictments may be on the way.

The subject of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority also was raised in the discussion, as was the opposition to this independent regulatory agency by the United States Trotting Association, which plays an important role in the harness racing industry.

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Friday Show Presented By Pegasus World Cup At Gulfstream Park: Racing’s Social License To Operate

Racetracks are licensed by the state, as are owners, trainers and many others employed in the horse racing industry throughout the United States. There is yet another license required for racing, but this is one you can't put in your wallet or hang on a wall.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills discuss that relatively new and somewhat nebulous license, one known as a “social license to operate.” In brief, an SLO amounts to a business or industry's ability to exist through the approval by the general public of its standards and practices.

The term came up most recently in the ongoing hearing called by the New York Racing Association against Bob Baffert for his recent medication violations. An expert witness called by NYRA said an industry's social license to operate may be impacted when someone as high-profile as Baffert is associated with what the general public believes is the drugging or deaths of horses.

Racing is far from being the only sport or industry whose social license to operate is being scrutinized by both animal rights extremists but also by many in the general public. Greyhound racing lost its social license to operate in numerous states and is now virtually out of business in the U.S. Football's social license to operate has been called into question in recent years because of head injuries to players, but the sport evolved in response to social pressure and is thriving.

Can horse racing do the same thing?

Watch this week's Friday Show presented by the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park.

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Friday Show Presented By PHBA: Snubbed In Eclipse Award Voting

Finalists were named last week for the 2021 Eclipse Awards in the various human and equine categories, and it should come as no surprise that there are differences of opinion about which horses and people were snubbed by voters and should have made the top three.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, Paulick Report bloodstock editor Joe Nevills is joined by news editor Chelsea Hackbarth and horse racing writer and handicapper Andrew Champagne to review some of those who didn't get the support among voters representing the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, Daily Racing Form and National Thoroughbred Racing Association/Equibase.

Nevills thinks Dr. Schivel should have been a finalist in the Sprint category. Hackbarth asks, “Who did he beat?” Nevills and Champagne both think G1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Golden Pal should have been a finalist, either in the sprint or male turf division. He didn't make either list.

Nevills said he abstained from voting in the steeplechase category, insisting it isn't his area of expertise. Hackbarth reminded Nevills that she expanded Paulick Report's horse racing coverage to include major North American steeplechase races in 2021.

Champagne mostly wants people to agree to disagree respectfully.

On that we can all agree.

Watch this week's Friday Show, presented by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, below:

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Friday Show Presented By PHBA: ‘Jockey’ Takes Film Audience On Compelling Ride

With “Jockey,” Clint Bentley's directorial debut has made a big impression on critics and movie audiences that have had the opportunity to see it prior to its national release later this year.

Actor Clifton Collins Jr. won a Best Actor award at the Sundance Film Festival, where “Jockey” debuted last year. The movie itself is nominated for the John Cassavetes Award from Film Independent Spirit Awards for the best feature made with a budget of less than $500,000. At least one critic is calling the film a “dark horse” for one or more Oscar categories.

What is striking about the movie is its non-glamorous, realistic, un-Hollywood like treatment of a jockey's life at a blue-collar racetrack. In this case, the track is Turf Paradise and you might recognize some of the cast from among the Phoenix oval's riding colony and employees.

Bentley, who co-wrote the film with Greg Kwedar, is the son of jockey and knows the lifestyle that Collins portrayed in compelling fashion. Bentley joins Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills to discuss the making of “Jockey” and its reception to date.

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