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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Should HISA Be An ‘Open Book’?

Joe Gorajec, retired after a lengthy career as executive director of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, wrote in a commentary earlier this week that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has failed to operate with the same transparency shown by state agencies that historically have regulated the sport.

Since Gorajec's call for more transparency from HISA, the Authority has posted additional staffing and budget information on its website that previously was not available to the public.

Gorajec, who lobbied for the legislation that created HISA and is now an unpaid adviser to Animal Wellness Action and its watchdog website, is this week's guest on the Friday Show to discuss the issue further.

Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick counters that HISA is not a government agency but a private entity that is not required to conduct open board of directors meetings or release detailed notes or transcripts from those meetings. Paulick adds that a number of other industry organizations – including the Breeders' Cup, National Thoroughbred Racing Association and The Jockey Club – operate largely behind closed doors.

Gorajec points out that none of those organizations act as regulators.

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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Andrew Cohen On HISA Litigation

With no fewer than four lawsuits filed by opponents of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, not to mention an injunction, a stay of the injunction, and three of the cases already heading to the Court of Appeals, we called on legal analyst and Standardbred horseman Andrew Cohen to help us understand what is driving the litigation and what we can expect going forward.

Cohen, senior editor of the Marshall Project and formerly with CBS News and the Atlantic, joins Ray Paulick in this week's Friday Show in a wide-ranging conversation touching on the status of the four lawsuits – two filed in Texas, one in Kentucky, and one in Louisiana – and how politics may play into an issue that Cohen says is not political.

For now, Cohen says, a Court of Appeals stay blocking an injunction against HISA in Louisiana and West Virginia means the Authority can enforce its regulations. But that stay, he added, may only be good for a few days.

Conversely, the industry might as well get used to ongoing litigation against HISA for months or years to come, Cohen said, and it may not be resolved until the Supreme Court hears one of the cases.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: All Those Court Documents

Paulick Report's editor-in-chief Natalie Voss has an unusual summer reading list. No Stephen King or James Patterson novels, not even the new Geraldine Brooks best-seller, “Horse,” a story about an enslaved groom in Kentucky and a horse named Lexington who became an iconic stallion to Thoroughbred breeders.

Instead Voss pores over court documents: depositions, transcripts, lawsuits and legal proceedings. They are not in short supply at this time.

In this week's Friday Show, Voss joins publisher Ray Paulick to share some of what she's learned on a couple of different cases. First is the ongoing legal battle between Medina Spirit's connections and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission over the colt's disqualification from the 2021 Kentucky Derby for a failed drug test.

Paulick and Voss also discuss the ongoing challenges to the recently launched Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, including the injunction ordered by a federal judge in Louisiana that for now prevents the Authority from enforcing its regulations in Louisiana and West Virginia.

While the outcome of the litigation is unknown at this time, it's a sure thing that thousands more pages will be produced to provide hours and hours of reading pleasure.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Finding Winners In Saratoga With Andrew Champagne

The elite Saratoga Race Course meet offers some of the most appealing wagering opportunities on the calendar, and few in recent history have been able to find winners at the upstate New York track like Andrew Champagne.

Champagne, a content manager at Catena Media and formerly of the Daily Racing Form and TVG, is a five-time leading handicapper in The Saratogian's Pink Sheet, and he's a two-time all-media public handicapping champion for the Saratoga meet.

In 2021, he selected an impressive 142 winners in The Pink Sheet over the course of the season to lead all public media handicappers.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, Champagne joins bloodstock editor Joe Nevills in the midst of opening weekend in Saratoga to share some tips on how to find winners at one of the sport's showcase meetings.

Champagne shares what makes a horse stands out in the past performances, what makes a runner an automatic toss, unsung trainers and jockeys who traditionally step their games up for Saratoga, and more.

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