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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) will hold a pair of educational webinars ahead of upcoming rule changes that will go into effect July 8. The first, aimed towards trainers, will take place Monday, July 1 at 2 p.m. and will cover the impact of the modified rules along with a Q&A on the changes. To register and/or submit questions, click here. The HISA Town Hall series will continue with a one-hour webinar Monday, July 8 at 2 p.m. and will also include an overview on the major rule...

The 10th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, scheduled for Wednesday, June 22 in the Keeneland sales pavilion, will be available via livestream through links on the Grayson Jockey Club and The Jockey Club websites. The event is co-hosted by The Jockey Club. The previous summit was held in June 2020 as a virtual webinar series due to COVID-19. The event will start at 8:20 a.m. ET and last until approximately 5 p.m. ET. It is free and open to the public. Topics on the agenda include an update...

A webinar titled "The power of sport to help people: what did we learn from racing's response to Covid-19 in support of communities?" was launched by Racing Together on Thursday. The upcoming program, which is hosted in partnership with Racing2Learn, will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 2. Hosted by Hayley Moore, the panelists are EFL Trust CEO Mike Evans, BHA Chair Annamarie Phelps OLY CBE, RCA Raceday Experience & Communications Manager Paul Swain, and Berkshire Community Foundation CEO Jon Yates. To register, please click here.

Registration for the International Thoroughbred Breeders' Federation's free webinar Jan. 21 at 1:00 p.m. (London, U.K.) is now open and available by clicking the following link. Outlining racing's challenges, threats and opportunities, the webinar will address: THE ROLE OF WEATHERBYS with Sir Johnny Weatherby KCVO and Simon Cooper LATIN AMERICA - ECONOMIC CHALLENGES & BLOODSTOCK OPPORTUNITIES with John Fulton AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA with Dr. John Grewar BVSc, MSc, PhD WEST NILE VIRUS IN EUROPE with Dr. Guillaume Fortier DVM, Dip.Pasteur Inst.,PhD., HDR Normandy Univ. AN UPDATE...

The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) will host a webinar focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in the horse industry. Building Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Equine Industry With Talent Pipeline Management will be held Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. ET. KEEP is providing the webinar in partnership with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center, the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. If you are interested in participating in the webinar, please register here. Participation in the webinar is free. The webinar...

In the fifth and final installment of a series of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation webinars that took the place of the canceled ninth annual Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, Drs. Tim Parkin and Mary Scollay examined Tuesday The Jockey Club's Equine Injury Database (EID) and its findings since being launched in 2009. "The genesis of the EID goes back to Barbaro," explained Scollay, the executive director of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. "When he was injured in the Preakness, a lot of attention and phone calls were...

Thoroughbred Charities of America will host a webinar entitled "Fundraising in Challenging Times" Friday, Apr. 3 at 2 p.m. EST to aid nonprofit organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "When the pandemic hit, we reached out to our grant recipients to ask how they were doing," said Erin Crady executive director of TCA. "One of the biggest concerns among grantees was about lost revenue due to cancelled fundraisers and events so we thought we could help by providing an educational resource that will assist in making a shift to digital fundraising."...

Kentucky CPA firm Dean Dorton and the NTRA will host a webinar Feb. 20 focusing on key federal tax reform items for horse and farm owners. The webinar will be hosted by Dean Dorton's Jen Shah, Director of Tax Services and Equine Team Leader, through NTRA.com and will run from 1-2 p.m. EST. "The NTRA is pleased to collaborate once again with the experienced equine tax accountants at Dean Dorton," said Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA. "Dean Dorton's team is among the best at communicating the insights...