Ethan West

🚨 TRANSPARENCY??? NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVE IT. 🚨 Horse racing has just experienced what may become the biggest gambling-related scandal in the history of our sport. There is a lot of he said/she said, a lot of inconsistencies and a lot of unanswered questions. The @JockeyClub made “Transparency” Pillar #1 of its strategic framework at its Round Table Conference under Everett Dobson. Lisa Lazarus has repeatedly said transparency is a fundamental foundation of @hisa_us. I agree with both of them. Now prove it. The Jockey Club is HISA’s biggest advocate, helped fund it, forgave loans, and has major racing data and technology interests through Equibase and Incompass. HISA is now at the center of serious allegations involving access to confidential horse health information. The industry needs and deserves to know: How did this happen??? How long did it happen??? Who had access??? Were others involved??? Who knew what, and when??? And how do we make sure this NEVER happens again??? That is why I am calling for a COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY INVESTIGATION into everything relevant inside both HISA and The Jockey Club. I’ve done the work and two highly recommended firms that could do this are Nardello & Co. and Stoneturn. nardelloandco.com stoneturn.com No non-transparent, internal investigation. A truly independent investigation with the findings shared transparently with the entire industry. Horse owners deserve it. Horseplayers deserve it. Trainers and veterinarians deserve it. The integrity of the entire sport demands it. And there should be ZERO excuse about cost. HISA is in its fourth year and cost to horsemen and tracks has been exorbitant at about $250 million. I WILL MAKE THIS EASY FOR HISA AND THE JOCKEY CLUB, I WILL PERSONALLY PAY 100% OF THE COST OF THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. It’s the least I can do for the future of horse racing and all the participants who share my passion for the industry. If Everett Dobson, the stewards of the Jockey Club, Lisa Lazarus, and the HISA Board truly believe in transparency, this becomes a very simple, no-brainer. This is about truth, accountability, integrity and restoring TRUST. The racing industry has lost 95% of its trust over the last few decades. Without trust, we have nothing. Jockey Club and HISA…you both preached transparency. Now you need to PROVE that you MEANT it. As a leader of this industry, and the People’s Commissioner, I expect and deserve a public response no later than Tuesday afternoon. In the spirit of transparency, fellow horse racing participants, this is your opportunity to be heard. What are your thoughts and opinions??? 🐎💪

Today is a sad day in horse racing. TVG/FanDuel is officially going away. Am I surprised??? Not at all. This is what decades of poor leadership, mismanagement, and a complete lack of vision looks like. TVG/FanDuel wasn't just a television network. It was horse racing's best marketing engine. It created horseplayers. It created owners. It created lifelong fans. For more than 25 years, TVG/FanDuel educated, entertained, and inspired people with passion, energy, integrity, and authenticity. Nobody covered this sport better because nobody loved it more. What a great team of people!!!!! And now with the leadership entities in racing sitting on 100s of millions we're just letting it disappear. 🤦‍♂️ Don't underestimate what happens next. Handle will decline. Fewer fans will discover racing. Fewer owners will enter the game. More tracks will close. This is so much more than losing a TV network. This is accelerating the decline of an already struggling sport. Personally, I wouldn't own 300+ racehorses today without TVG/FanDuel and I probably wouldn't even be the racing fan I am today without them. Every interview and appearance on that network was an honor. Every person I met there genuinely loved horse racing and fought every day to make it better. My heart breaks for every employee and every family affected. They all deserved better.   ♥️🙏  Thank you TVG/FanDuel.