By a vote of 35-8, the United States Trotting Association Board of Directors on Friday, April 16 elected to join an upcoming federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (HISA), which was passed by Congress and signed into law last year.  The USTA repeatedly has expressed reservations about the legislation’s legality, in particular its apparent violations of the Constitution’s non-delegation doctrine and anti-commandeering principle.

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President Russell Williams' presentation to the USTA Board of Directors on Saturday regarding a constitutional challenge to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which led to a vote by the Board for the USTA to support that lawsuit as co-plaintiffs.

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Although he’s raced at the stakes level for much of his career, Western Joe has never before tackled the MGM Borgata Pacing Series, or the George Morton Levy Pacing Series as it was formerly known. In fact, of the 7-year-old’s 101 starts heading into the Borgata Series first leg, only six of them had come at Yonkers Raceway, the latest being an Open Handicap Pace in November 2019. The decision to nominate and race in the grueling six-week Borgata Series was a change of tactics by Western Joe’s connections in an effort to bring out the gelding’s best.

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