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The decision by a court of appeals on June 8 to reverse the New York State Gaming Commission's minimum three-year ban of trainer Linda Rice focused on unwritten rules and common practices in a racing office. Specifically, Rice had been charged with improperly receiving names and past performances of horses entered in overnight races before the entries closed, allegedly giving her an advantage over other trainers.

In some of those races, racing office personnel will call trainers to “hustle” entries to help get enough runners to make the race fill, giving them some information about the other horses already entered.

Attorney Bob Heleringer joins Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills to discuss the Rice case and how the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court may have come to their decision. Heleringer is uniquely qualified: not only is he the author of the book “Equine Regulatory Law,” he once worked in racing offices and was one of those people calling trainers and “hustling” entries. He understands how the system is supposed to work but as an attorney believes everyone would be better off with written rules vs. unwritten ones.

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Marty McGee ended his long run as a writer and handicapper for Daily Racing Form in May after attending his 50th consecutive Kentucky Derby.

But hardly the retiring type, the Eclipse Award-winning journalist moved into a new position as jockey agent for Joe Talamo, who began his career on the West Coast in 2006 but relocated to the Midwest in 2020. Talamo is married to McGee's niece, Elizabeth.

McGee joins Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills on this week's Friday Show to talk about a range of subjects, starting with the decision by Churchill Downs to move the remainder of its summer meet to Ellis Park and how that affects people who work at the track. He also sheds some light on the differences between his old job and his new one and who has helped mentor him during the career change from horse racing writer to agent.

One of the first things McGee said he's done is put more miles on Talamo's car, booking occasional mounts at Horseshoe Indianapolis in addition to riding at Churchill Downs and now Ellis Park. And he's had Talamo doing morning rounds to work horses at Keeneland and the Thoroughbred Center in Lexington.

And we couldn't let McGee, an avid horseplayer, get away without asking him for his thoughts on the Belmont Stakes.

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The discourse around the rash of fatal equine injuries at Churchill Downs has onlookers inside and outside the horse racing industry searching for causes and solutions.

Many have examined the 12 fatalities at Churchill from the beginning of the meet on April 29 through the end of the day on June 1, looking for patterns to determine ways to curtail the incidents. While we have recent and historical data to compare with today's situation, finding a solution might not be as simple as finding a pattern – if there even is a pattern in the first place.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills are joined by Dr. Tim Parkin, a consultant for The Jockey Club's Equine Injury Database, which has been used to identify the causes and circumstances of racetrack injuries since its formation in 2008 to help identify ways to bring down the number of injuries and deaths on the racetrack.

From 2009 to 2022, the number of deaths per 1,000 starts in North American Thoroughbred racing has decreased from 2.00 to 1.25. Parkin explains where the recent spike at Churchill Downs fits within that overall scope, and how data collection for the EID could go even further to make racing safer for its participants.

Parkin also discusses some of the facts and myths behind commonly-held beliefs on what can cause higher rates of equine injuries, including pedigree.

Parkin is head of Bristol Veterinary School in England. He completed his Ph.D. on the epidemiology of fractures in racehorses more than 20 years ago and he currently works with equine organizations around the world providing data-driven guidance on issues related to the health and welfare of horses.

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The past several weeks have seen a rise in mainstream media coverage of racing fatalities in the lead-up to this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness. So far, nine horses have died at the Churchill Downs spring meet, while the Preakness undercard saw one fatality from the same barn as Preakness winner National Treasure.

All this raises questions — not for the first time — about horse racing's social license to operate. “Social license” refers to the tolerance of society for an industry or activity, as well as the public's comfort level with that industry or activity.

Horse racing isn't the only equine sport that struggles with questions about its social license to operate. Social license has become a topic of discussion within the U.S. Equestrian Federation and the Federation Equestre International in recent years.

David O'Connor is a team and individual Olympic medalist in the sport of eventing and since retiring from competition has been involved in leadership of USEF, which is the governing body for a range of equine Olympic and non-Olympic sports.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, editor in chief Natalie Voss and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth asked O'Connor about how the discussions around social license have evolved in equine sport, and what USEF members are learning from racing's public struggles.

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