I was fined $3,000 dollars for a clerical error by @hisa_us and 6 positives gets a $500 dollar fine? What are we even doing here?

I wonder how much these poor guys are out of pocket in lawyers fees to have charges withdrawn on banned substance @HIWUNews only took roughly 7 months. Any reimbursements coming their way? Prolly not 🙄

Promise made. Promise kept. By tomorrow, 25 million American children will have our gift of $250 in their accounts. $6.25 billion. Invested in kids. Compounding for decades. If you have a child under 18, claim their account and see how much is in there now. $250 is only the beginning. 🇺🇸

🚨HISA’S “DEATH PENALTY”: IT’S TIME FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK🚨 It’s time for the Justice Department @TheJusticeDept to take a serious look at HISA’s enforcement system. Before anyone attempts to twist what I’m saying, let me be clear: we must protect our horses, keep drugs out of racing and catch the cheaters. If someone intentionally dopes a horse, punish them severely. But protecting horses does not require abandoning due process, fairness and common sense. Jose Corrales is 66 years old and has spent 52 years training horses. One horse tested positive for nikethamide (see article below). And let’s be serious, if “What is nikethamide?” were the Final Jeopardy question, you’d probably have three contestants standing there like deer in the headlights. HIWU searched his barn and tested his feed and supplements; according to Corrales’s defense, no banned substances were found. The arbitrator heard Corrales and his wife testify under oath and described them as “straightforward and sincere.” Yet under HISA’s strict-liability rules, HIWU did not have to prove intent, fault or negligence. For Corrales to receive mitigation, HE had to establish how the substance entered the horse. He couldn’t establish the source. Then came perhaps the most revealing sentence in the entire decision: “THE ARBITRATOR HAS NO CHOICE” but to impose a two-year suspension. READ THAT AGAIN: NO CHOICE. To me, those words almost scream that something is wrong with the process. An arbitrator hears the witnesses, describes Corrales and his wife as “straightforward and sincere,” yet says the rules leave him no choice but to impose two years. If the person sitting in judgment has “NO CHOICE,” what exactly are we calling justice? The arbitrator DID have discretion to reduce HIWU’s requested $25,000 fine to $10,000 and reject its legal costs, noting Corrales litigated “in good faith” and his arguments were “neither frivolous nor unreasonable.” And who can afford to fight this? Lawyers for arbitration. Lawyers for an FTC appeal. A separate fight for a stay because an appeal doesn’t automatically stop the suspension. Meanwhile, Corrales reportedly has more than 30 horses and a business to somehow hold together. HOW MANY TRAINERS CAN SURVIVE THAT? In another HIWU case, an arbitrator was recorded describing HIWU’s approach this way: “They (HIWU) asked for the DEATH PENALTY in every case.” That’s not the FTC talking. That’s an arbitrator describing the enforcement posture of HIWU, the organization prosecuting HISA’s anti-doping cases. WHO IS OVERSEEING THE PROSECUTOR? If HIWU is routinely seeking the harshest sanctions available, who at HISA, the FTC or elsewhere in the federal government is reviewing whether that enforcement discretion is being exercised fairly and lawfully? Then consider this: on June 11, 2026, the Fifth Circuit held HISA’s enforcement provisions facially unconstitutional under the private nondelegation doctrine, finding insufficient FTC control over significant enforcement powers. The court’s words: “THAT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE CONSTITUTION.” The FTC approved HISA’s ADMC rules. But FTC approval does not automatically make everything being enforced lawful or constitutional. So here’s my question for FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC : Was this mandatory two-year sanction and the enforcement structure behind it ever independently reviewed by the Justice Department? If not, Chairman Ferguson, it’s time to ask the DOJ to take a serious look. At the end of the day, after the constitutional challenges, questions surrounding enforcement, enormous cost of defending yourself and now an arbitrator saying he has “NO CHOICE”, maybe we’ve reached the point where HISA doesn’t need another fix…it just may need to be REPEALED. AND ONE LAST NOTE REMEMBER THE @jockeyclub STARTED THIS MESS. @FTC @RepAndyBarr @RepPaulTonko @hisa_us @HIWUNews paulickreport.com/news/the-b…

"An absolute travesty"- Jockey agent John Weilbacher. Jockey Martin Chuan has been suspended. Find out for what and how long below. theracingbiz.com/2026/10/06/…

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🚨🚨 VIDEO: LISA LAZARUS...WHO EXACTLY ARE THE “LESS EXPENSIVE WORKERS”? 🚨🚨 LISA LAZARUS’ CONDESCENDING AND INSULTING COMMENTS DIDN’T JUST START THIS WEEK. THERE ARE PLENTY MORE. The attached video is a short excerpt from an interview HISA CEO @LisaLazarusCEO gave to Ray Paulick roughly three years ago. Watch the short video, or go directly to for the key comment. While discussing backside labor, Lazarus uses the words “less expensive workers.” Three years later, we still want to know exactly what that means. Lisa, are we talking about the grooms, hotwalkers, exercise riders and countless other people who wake up before sunrise and care for our horses 365 days a year? These people aren't simply an expense on a spreadsheet. THEY ARE INVALUABLE. WITHOUT THEM, THERE IS NO HORSE RACING. And while we're asking questions, here's another one that deserves an answer: WHY ARE METHAMPHETAMINE POSITIVE CASES BEING STAYED? HISA has pending ADMC rule changes. What exactly is being changed, and why? If changes to the rules governing these cases are necessary now, then the industry deserves to know whether there were problems with the rules, thresholds, penalties or procedures being applied in the first place. Lisa, did HISA get something wrong? If so, tell us what it was and who was affected. NOW! This is where the Federal Trade Commission @FTC and Chairman Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC need to start asking hard questions. Why are these cases being stayed? What specific changes does HISA want? Why are they necessary? And what happens to horsemen who may have already been prosecuted or penalized under rules that @hisa_us now wants changed? And Chairman Ferguson @AFergusonFTC , while you're asking those questions, please ask Lisa Lazarus one more: WHAT EXACTLY DID SHE MEAN BY “LESS EXPENSIVE WORKERS”? Three years is long enough to wait for an explanation. ❤️ WE LOVE OUR SPORT AND WE RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. The 99% isn't asking for anything extraordinary. We're asking for the basics: TRANSPARENCY. DUE PROCESS. ACCOUNTABILITY. RESPECT.

🚨OH MY! THE 99% AREN’T THE DUMMIES, LISA.🚨 Lisa Lazarus actually said the majority of racing’s stakeholders are “not very technically savvy” and that many “don’t even have smartphones or computers.” Are you kidding me? This is exactly the arrogance the 99% has been fighting. Owners, trainers, breeders, horsemen, veterinarians and fans run businesses every day using smartphones, computers, online banking, digital records, racing platforms and countless other technologies. We are not the DUMMIES. If your system wasn’t properly locked down, don’t blame the people who use it. Don’t insult an entire industry by suggesting cybersecurity had to be weakened because racing participants supposedly can’t handle technology. And then comes the incredible admission: “Within our user group, we were not locked down enough in terms of permissions.” THAT is the issue. HISA was handed enormous authority over this industry. With that authority comes responsibility, including protecting the systems and data entrusted to it. Stop blaming the users. Stop talking down to the industry. Stop treating the 99% like we’re too stupid to understand what is happening. I am calling on the HISA Board of Directors to address these comments publicly and TERMINATE Lisa Lazarus as CEO. AND WHERE ARE HISA’S LENDERS? Organizations within this industry loaned HISA millions of dollars to help get this EXPERIMENT off the ground. Where are their voices now? Why aren't they publicly demanding accountability? Why aren't they calling for Lazarus to RESIGN? Is their silence connected to the overlapping relationships and conflicts within racing’s establishment? If not, then SPEAK UP! You helped finance HISA. You don't get to disappear when serious questions are being asked about its leadership. Enough EXCUSES. Enough ARROGANCE. Enough SILENCE. Enough investigating YOURSELVES. The HISA “DUMMY” needs to go. The 99% understands technology just fine. Maybe the people HISA underestimated are the very people now holding it accountable. @LisaLazarusCEO @hisa_us @jockeyclub @BreedersCup

Welcome back to @santaanitapark everyone! Wishing everyone a terrific meet and @innoutburger is a great way to get it started 🍔🥤🏇🏻