Thoroughbred Racing Initiative

What’s at stake with Florida’s decoupling bills: $3.24B industry, 33.5K jobs, 87K Thoroughbreds thoroughbredracinginitiative.com/whats-at-stake…

Big deal for racing in Florida. I know @damon_thayer played a significant role in keeping decoupling from happening 🫡

INSIGHTS: Deconstructing the effort to #DefeatDecoupling by @ronflatter of @HR_Nation We @TBRacingInit have a great coalition which will continue the fight to protect 👇🏻 🏇Florida’s $3.24 billion #HorseRacing industry w/ 33,000 jobs, 87,000 Thoroughbreds 🏇Florida’s crucial…

Here's a great "Florida man" story! @TheTDN's @ronflatter, among things, spells out @markecasse's role in fight to #defeatdecoupling at @GulfstreamPark. But as Casse knows, one win rarely makes a champion. “We won the first round,” he said. “The problem is I think there’s about…

I knew when @damon_thayer told me he had decided not to seek re-election in the state Senate that he was confident he would be successful, and leave his fingerprint on the signature industries like horse racing and bourbon. He was right.

“I’m sort of half joking, half serious. My new job is to save horse racing one state at a time.” - @damon_thayer

.@HR_Nation's @ronflatter pulls together anatomy of beating odds to #defeatdecoupling at @GulfstreamPark. @damon_thayer: "We were 50-1 to beat this. When this started out, it was on the fast track, and it was 3-5 to pass." #teamwork #liveracing @FLSenate @JonGreen2022…

It is a privilege to add the Iowa horsemen @IowaHBPA at @prmracing to my client roster. They join @TBRacingInit & others who have asked me to help chart a course for the future of #HorseRacing by combining my knowledge of the industry & the legislative/political realm. Let’s…

The boys @JonGreen2022 and @JoeBiancaWPT welcome Black Dog Bloodstock’s @L_Carlisle to explain what changes she’d like to see int he sales world and what stood out to her about Ewing and Dazzle d’Oro when she was scouting them. Full Episode on RailTalkMedia.com

“A major accomplishment for TRI…..we built a coalition…made a really good case that decoupling would destroy Florida’s horse industry & its economic impact……it is as important as FL’s ports, citrus industry & collegiate athletics.” #HorseRacing #DefeatDecoupling @JonGreen2022…

“Gaming wouldn't exist in a lot of these states if it weren’t for horse racing,” Thayer said. “And these partnerships work well in a number of states where the racing industry, the state government general funds and gaming companies all prosper due to a partnership. And I’m going…

“If horse racing is going to continue to be a national sport, Florida is critical to that goal, and I believe that racing in some fashion in South Florida has to continue. Racing has to be alive and vibrant in a number of America’s greatest cities in order for us to be a national…

“Horse racing is going to do well over the next five to 10 years in states where the industry has a strong relationship with its legislature, and a legislature that understands the industry’s importance to the economics, traditions and heritage of those states,” said Damon…

#Journalism one of @ 75% of N.A. foal crop to get pre-racetrack training in #Ocala region, obtaining early education at co-owner @bridlewoodocala. Florida is critical to national horse racing. We averted one catastrophe - now the hard work begins of formulating long-term plan.

“I believe that @TBRacingInit has earned the right to be the convener of the discussion of what’s going to happen in Florida. Without us, this bill(decoupling) was going to pass.” “….number 1, we have to save #HorseRacing in south Florida.”