TJC Integrity

An amendment strengthening the Federal Trade Commission’s rule making and oversight role of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority was included in the $1.7-trillion omnibus government spending bill passed by the House of Representatives on a 225 to 201 vote on Friday, clearing the way for President Joseph Biden to sign the legislation into law […]

Federal Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings  has ordered a Jan. 18, 2023, hearing to consider a motion by Bob Baffert for a preliminary injunction to end the ban against the Hall of Fame trainer imposed by Churchill Downs that runs through the 2023 spring-summer meet. Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen banned Baffert for over two […]

In response to a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act unconstitutional, Congress has included an amendment in a $1.7 trillion government spending bill that gives the Federal Trade Commission a stronger oversight role of the private, non-governmental Authority the 2020 law created. The omnibus bill, which exited […]

Veterinarian Dr. Erica Garcia was sentenced on Dec. 12 to ten months in federal prison after entering a guilty plea to two misdemeanor counts related to the large-scale racehorse doping case that broke in March 2020. Garcia was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000 and is ordered to surrender to begin her sentence in […]

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control regulations will not go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, after the Federal Trade Commission – the government agency that oversees the Authority – disapproved the HISA medication rules, citing legal uncertainties. Regulators in each racing state will continue to be responsible for medication rules, […]

Since the guilty plea of Maximum Security trainer Jason Servis in a federal doping case last week, many in the racing world have questioned whether the colt will be stripped of his win in the 2020 Saudi Cup. Observers will have to continue waiting for a final conclusion, according to a statement released by the […]

Sentencing for Standardbred trainer and Thoroughbred owner Nick Surick has been delayed until Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. ET after U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil postponed the original sentencing date of Dec. 15 because of an ongoing jury trial. Proceedings will be at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse for the Southern District of […]

Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association is inviting all horsemen, assistant trainers, and veterinarians to participate in a Zoom webinar that will focus on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program, which is currently scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Mary Scollay, Chief of Science for the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, will […]

Jason Servis, for years one of the top Thoroughbred trainers in the country, pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom Dec. 9 to resolve charges arising from the government’s sweeping investigation into horse doping at racetracks across the country. Servis, 65, faces four years in prison when he is sentenced May 18, 2023, in U.S. […]

Trainer Jason Servis is scheduled to go before federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in New York City on Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET, when he is expected to change his plea from not guilty to guilty in connection with the FBI probe into illegal horse doping that led to more than two dozen arrests […]