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By Chris Kotulak 10 Mar, 2024
By Fonner Park 14 Nov, 2023
2024 – 10th Annual Todd Otto Memorial Handicapping Challenge
By Fonner Park 29 May, 2023
Finish Line Summer Opening Time +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Finish Line will be moving to its new summer opening time! Beginning on Tuesday, May 30 th , the Finish Line will open at 11:00 am. The Finish Line will also open at 10:00 am on June 10 th for Belmont Stakes Day.
By Chris Kotulak 13 May, 2023
Until further notice, Fonner Park has cancelled offering its interstate wagering feed. Betting on Fonner Park races in the United States outside of Nebraska will not be provided via a parimutuel tote feed. This is a direct result of the complications with the federal implementation of HISA (the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority). Fonner Park cohose this drastic measure because of the many uncertainties associated with HISA in Nebraska, and the nation. "The unreasonable and overreaching HISA rules and regulations have presented demands and obstacles that a racetrack our size cannot achieve or endure," said Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak. HISA maintains that racetracks which do not vountarily become a covered HISA racetrack, with covered backstretch personnel, shall not be permitted to provide interstate wagering. The new increased costs to Fonner Park, plus the conflict with enforcing the variance between state and federal rules of racing, where determined unsurmountable to overcome for Nebraska's flagship Thoroughbred racetrack. "Fonner Park is a plaintiff in a large, national, multi-plaintiff lawsuit against HISA, but that lawsuit has not advanced with sufficient clarity to ensure that HISA rules would not be applicable to us. Challenging federal regulations is a gamble my board has currently chosen not to make, as this would leave Fonner Park splayed open and at the mercy of a lengthy judicial process and costly legal circumstances taht would significantly damage Fonner Park and our horsemen. We're not some gyp joint, we're a TRA racetrack. And for seventy years we've provided for our horses, horsemen and horseplayers. It's a shame it's come to this," said Kotulak. For more information, please contact: ckotulak@fonnerpark.com
10 Feb, 2023
Until further notice, Fonner Park has cancelled offering its interstate wagering feed. Betting on Fonner Park races in the United States outside of Nebraska will not be provided via a parimutuel tote feed. This is a direct result of the complications with the federal implementation of HISA (the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority). Fonner Park cohose this drastic measure because of the many uncertainties associated with HISA in Nebraska, and the nation. "The unreasonable and overreaching HISA rules and regulations have presented demands and obstacles that a racetrack our size cannot achieve or endure," said Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak. HISA maintains that racetracks which do not vountarily become a covered HISA racetrack, with covered backstretch personnel, shall not be permitted to provide interstate wagering. The new increased costs to Fonner Park, plus the conflict with enforcing the variance between state and federal rules of racing, where determined unsurmountable to overcome for Nebraska's flagship Thoroughbred racetrack. "Fonner Park is a plaintiff in a large, national, multi-plaintiff lawsuit against HISA, but that lawsuit has not advanced with sufficient clarity to ensure that HISA rules would not be applicable to us. Challenging federal regulations is a gamble my board has currently chosen not to make, as this would leave Fonner Park splayed open and at the mercy of a lengthy judicial process and costly legal circumstances taht would significantly damage Fonner Park and our horsemen. We're not some gyp joint, we're a TRA racetrack. And for seventy years we've provided for our horses, horsemen and horseplayers. It's a shame it's come to this," said Kotulak. For more information, please contact: ckotulak@fonnerpark.com
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