Interstellar Thoroughbreds

Face Abarrio work out from yesterday morning.

Ascent gave birth to a Highly Motivated colt.

Slainte Mhath working out this morning.

Slainte Mhath at the farm.

@PreissDan @hisa_us It is insane.

@InterstellarTb @hisa_us Somehow, this clerical/admin type of error is considered 2x as bad as Linda Rice horse testing positive for steroids and breaking down during a race requiring euthanization. Make it make sense @hisa_us .

I am tired of @hisa_us's forever endeavor of finding ways to take money out of my pocket. I am a single/small owner and breeder with a bunch of horses. Instead of trying to screw us all the time, the grifters from HISA should focus on actual things that would help the sport.

Cafe Matcha and her newborn by Idol at Nuckols Farm.

@hisa_us Lazarus does not have a way to Justify her > $600,000/year salary. I do not make that much money as a physician but somehow this lady gets the big buckets for sitting on a table and come up with BS rules.

Cafe Matcha (Medaglia D'Oro) just had a baby boy by Idol.

Re; today’s cancellation- I completely agree with @andyserling. Nothing more needs to be said. Our presence in this sport stems from a shared passion, and we must recognize that it is a contracting sport. If we fail to collaborate, we will only hasten its decline when we should be working together to grow the game again. - Matt C

Class-Action Lawsuit Unveils Massive AI Horse Betting Manipulation Scheme Oct 24, 2025 | View Case Page Attorneys say a wealthy few have colluded in violation of federal racketeering laws to rig the game through computer-assisted wagering and other preferential advantages NEW YORK – A class-action lawsuit accuses major horseracing entities of colluding via computer-assisted, algorithmic betting that has disadvantaged everyday bettors in a rigged system that favors the wealthy, according to Hagens Berman. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Oct. 24, 2025, against racetrack owners Stronach Group Inc., Churchill Downs Inc. and the New York Racing Association – who also own or co-own computer-assisted wagering (CAW) platforms Elite Turf Club LLC and Velocity – in addition to United Tote company and Racing and Gaming Services. If you placed wagers into CAW-impacted horserace betting pools on thoroughbred horseraces while not using a CAW account, you may be affected. Find out more about your rights. Advances in technology have relegated betting and wagering in horseracing to online-based accounts which benefit from algorithms and AI and other inside information, according to the lawsuit. Wagering profits are now the result of an organized scheme and has resulted in the transfer of billions to a small group of inside bettors and the operators of racetracks and betting platforms. The lawsuit states that in many cases, given their preferential advantages, these inside bettors enjoy no-risk, no-loss “wagering” opportunities with respect to amounts now approaching nearly $(US) 4 billion per year,” the lawsuit states. These parties, according to the lawsuit rig U.S. betting pools in favor of a small group of insiders who bet enormous amounts. “We believe this scheme is not a victimless crime,” said Steve Berman, Hagens Berman’s founder and managing partner. “Its victim – the average public bettor – has been caught in a modern reverse-Robinhood scenario in which a select few with inside information are stealing from average public retail bettors and giving to the already rich – a small group of bettors and the operators of racetracks and betting platforms – the wealthy and few.” “The use of AI-based assistance and other privileges extended to this privileged group  has created the means for a privileged insider group who controls vast sums of money, to conspire with various elements of the horseracing industry,” Berman added. “A Rigged System” According to the lawsuit, horseracing provides opportunities for significant profit for savvy algorithmic groups and attracts billions of dollars globally in wagering and trading. The lawsuit highlights various ways the insider betting groups can exploit ordinary bettors who go through slower retail or web interfaces. For example, the members of the insider betting group receive rebates/low host-fee deals that are unavailable to the public/retail players. “This changes the entire nature of the game for the insiders, making it extremely profitable to them, while the same betting strategies would bankrupt retail player,” the lawsuit states. High-volume members of the insider trading group negotiate sizable rebates, so they can grind razor-thin edges and still show profits, while the same strategies employed by retail bettors would result in bankruptcy, the lawsuit alleges. These pricing advantages allow insider betting group members to profitably employ strategies that would bankrupt a retail player, according to the lawsuit. Additional advantages include preferential access and execution quality, ability to move prices when public bettors are stuck with worse final odds than they bought, an informational advantage allowing programmatic scanning of odds that a human is incapable of replicating, an ability to hedge and diversify across pools in ways impractical for retail users and more, including an advantage in risk management: The net effect of all of these advantages allows the insider betting group members to enjoy cheaper prices, faster execution, better information, and scale – advantages that compound in a pari-mutuel system, where one side’s edge directly reduces the other’s, according to the lawsuit. The insiders do not just enjoy higher margins but are playing an entirely different game to the detriment of retail players. Racetrack Racketeering The lawsuit brings claims of unjust enrichment, conspiracy, conversion and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the same law brought against members of the Mafia for organized criminal behavior. The entities named in the lawsuit conducted an enterprise to achieve their goal, according to the lawsuit, which opens with a quote from a Guardian reporter on the subject: “Cash-strapped racetracks are selling out everyday bettors to whales who use algorithms to wager huge sums at friendlier odds. It’s a rigged system designed for the rich to get richer.” “Racketeering historically means basement meetings and mob boss meetings,” Berman said. “Modern iterations operate digitally but still have the same effect: a colluded pattern of activity that serves to manipulate and corrupt outcomes of an otherwise legitimate economic environment, transforming them into something unlawful, in a repeated and continued fashion.” “Our legal team is comprised of forensic accountants skilled in uncovering economic damages, and we intend to rightfully recover the losses suffered by those in this proposed class,” he added. The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages and treble damages as allowed under law in RICO cases. Find out more about the lawsuit on behalf of those who placed wagers into horse betting pools impacted by computer-assisted wagering. # # # About Hagens Berman Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs’ rights complex litigation law firm with a tenacious drive for achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. Since its founding in 1993, the firm’s determination has earned it numerous national accolades, awards and titles of “Most Feared Plaintiff’s Firm,” MVPs and Trailblazers of class-action law. More about the law firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw. Media Contact Ash Klann pr@hbsslaw.com 206-268-9363

150th Kentucky Derby winner, Mystik Dan in the paddock! 🌹

@RepoleStable It is a free market

This happens every year. The Japanese come in and buy some of our best mares, taking them back to Japan. I respect their strategy. They protect their bloodlines. I’ve tried buying there myself, it’s nearly impossible to get access to their top pedigrees. I now own about 80 mares and constantly balance breeding to race, buying yearlings, and upgrading my broodmare band. But when 80% of the U.S. industry breeds to sell, our best mares keep leaving the country. Over time, this has weakened our breed - fewer foals, less durability, lower quality. Fasig and Keeneland make exporting easy, while The Jockey Club, “dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing,” has failed to protect American bloodlines for decades. 🤦‍♂️

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. was cleared by his doctors and is expected to return to action Wednesday, where he was named to ride in races 5 and 8. (via CD notes)

@spendthriftfarm @twoeight_racing @IconRacingLFG Dornoch looks really good.

It was a great morning with Jayson Werth and his boy, Dornoch ✨

@barshoelife How does this help the sport in ANY meaningful way?

period. stop. griffin >

@GiddyUpBets If he would have changed “famous” for the word “overrated”, I would have agreed with him

Sandman is the most famous horse in the world

Said it before, will say it again. If the racetracks took care of the Horse Players properly (from hospitality to the wagers, etc) … there wouldn’t be a peep griping about Celebrities, models or new owner awards in the game.

@DRFGrening @RepoleStable Where is Grande, btw?

.@RepoleStable claims Fully Booked, who finished 4th in AQU Friday finale from Chad Brown/Klaravich for $50K. Perhaps Repole needs a rabbit for Grande in 2026?

@Animalsheltrdoc I am sure the industry could create some sort of post-graduate education system and establish a standard. I think that would help to increase trust. I particularly do not trust many vets I have encountered in the past.

The ones calling the vets incompetent appear to feel those horses looked fine and trusted the connections and their vets to say they were. My point was if they felt the horses were fine, then if they were vets themselves hired as regulatory vets for the event...they could have been the ones to examine the horse and cleared them to run. I think being able to spot very subtle issues in a horse is something that can be learned over time with really good mentorship, but I also feel some of it is just a natural gift given that individual is born with. There should be some sort of experience requirement to become a regulatory vet, in my opinion. The current admission standards fir vet schools, though, I fell excludes many of those people with the natural gifts and actual desire to work in the equine realm.

To the Regulatory Vets: Thank you for making the #BreedersCup as safe as possible for all participants despite being under a microscope possibly more intense than the horses you were looking at. To Breeders Cup and Racing Commissions: Please make a change to your nomination, entry, and ownership forms to allow for owners to give permission for all vet records on a horse (including those of the regulatory vets) accessible to the public. To horse owners: Please allow for the sharing of all veterinary records for horses you own with the public to be able to put to rest any questions about exactly what has been found/done and not found/done. To those who feel regulatory vets are incompetent: There is a great shortage of equine veterinarians in this country. Please apply to vet school, graduate, and then apply for one of the many regulatory vet positions that are sitting open and available at racetracks everywhere.