EDITORIAL: Open Letter To Three Chimneys Farm

Greetings, Fellow Horsemen,

While witnessing the scratch of Great White behind the gate during post time of the running of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, I vehemently disagreed with the decision to scratch him!
I was greatly appalled, heartbroken and stricken with grief for our beloved sport!
I mourn over your loss! The whole team of Three Chimneys Farm has been deprived of being able to reap the rewards of its work: the stall muckers, the grounds keepers, assistants, foremen, secretaries, investors (and all of the little people who nobody’s ever heard of whom keep the Operation running smoothly,) the efforts of Thoroughbred Conditioner John Ennis and of Journeyman Jockey Alex Achard.


‘Tis a Great Loss to Three Chimneys Farm!
‘Tis a Greater Loss to Horseracing!

‘Tis an unaccountable Void in History’s Great Record Book!

The decision to scratch Great White pierced the thin veil of truth and integrity which protects the Sport of Horseracing!

Question:

What part of Great White’s body did the Vetrinarian claim there was not enough time to evaluate at that moment in time? His head? An ankle? Which part?

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Open Letter To HISA

Lisa Lazarus’s response to, “How is it legal for HISA to reduce costs of the horseracing industry,” was, in her own words, that she intends to re-direct HISA to begin seizing the horsemen’s money out of the accounts of all racing commissions, nation-wide!

The PDF which you have provided remains dissatisfactory in response to our office’s five, specific questions; it does not answer them.  

We are working diligently to authorize the information you have provided as being factual, lawful and correct.  Our research indicates that HISA has made errors regarding all those parameters. 

The public record indicates that Lisa Lazarus’s refusal to provide the requested information charges lack of transparency.

We have copied, reformatted and published the PDF file which you had sent to our office so the information may be copied and re-published for applicable experts to investigate.

The official record indicates that Lisa Lazarus offered omissions instead of answers to the specific questions which were asked in the public forum on April 21, 2026.  The PDF Lisa Lazarus offered as, “answers,” is documentation of Lisa Lazarus’s refusal to be transparent, therefore, documentation of Lisa Lazarus’s lack of integrity. 

Lisa Lazarus, in concert with other actors designated as HISA and as HIWU, are in the commission of committing the crime of knowingly and willfully misleading the public. See 18. USC §1001(a)(1).

From a psychological expert’s standpoint, Lisa Lazarus’s answer qualifies as being a, “word-salad”.   A word-salad is a long-winded, nonsensical, verbal response which a narcissist employs in order to create confusion to avoid accountability and to avoid telling the truth. A word-salad is sometimes composed of compound sentences compiled by of a lot of complicated-sounding terminology, (such as in Lisa Lazarus’s unethical response,) designed to make the person who asked the question think that they are not intelligent enough to understand the answer and to make the public lose focus on the issue-at-hand. You did not get away with that. You are going to answer that question in the public forum without your copy-and-paste word-salad, Lisa.  Our investigation is far from being closed. 

For example: When the public asked, “How is it lawfully HISA’s role to reduce costs of the industry?”

“The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act requires HISA to collect assessments directly from the state racing commissions or “among covered persons involved with covered horseraces pursuant to such rules as the Authority may promulgate.” But the Act does not prohibit other funding source” 

(That is not a specific answer to the public’s question, but a copy and paste from public law 116-260. Furthermore, the answer mentions nothing about reducing costs; however, is a meager defalcation regarding acquiring funding, which has zero correlation to reducing costs within the industry; yet, in fact, does the opposite, funds must be exerted in order to lobby for promulgating said funds!

 Lisa Lazarus’s response to, “How is it legal for HISA to reduce costs of the horseracing industry,” was, in her own words, that she intends to re-direct HISA to begin seizing the horsemen’s money out of the accounts of all racing commissions, nation-wide!

Lisa Lazarus’s answer as to how to cut costs from the industry is that she is going to take money out of the pockets of all Racing Commissions, nation-wide and award that money to HISA. That does not reduce costs within the industry!

The second part of Lisa Lazarus’s answer is that HISA is going to privately seek-out funding to fund itself- not the industry; and zero dollars of that funding goes towards helping the horse or the horsemen. 100% of that money goes towards HISA to arm it with more capital by which the actors of HISA and HIWU incrementally encroach upon the integrity and safety of horseracing, upon our sport- upon the industry.  

Funded by the imposition of unreasonable financial and psychological burdens on every person and entity within our sport, therefore, on all aspects of our industry, Lisa Lazarus’s intention is to pilot HISA through the Bermuda Triangle of the embezzlement of hard working folks’ money, masquerading as being a federal authority, welding HISA as her shield from fiscal and criminal liability.

Be Advised:

The Word-Salad Lisa Lazarus offered the public did not answer how HISA has any lawful authority to “reduce costs within the industry”. On the contrary, Lisa Lazarus stated that her intention is to take funds outfrom the industry, quoting part of a statute which references the acquiring of funding, not reducing costs within the industry!

Our office is not going to, “Google it,” as Lisa Lazarus’s “copy-and-paste,” response suggested.    

We do not tolerate that kind of behavior from you, Lisa.

That horse is not leaving the barn, Lisa!

We will tell you which horse is getting tacked-up and ready to get ridden right now,though:

You are going to google it, yourself; copy it; paste it; then, publish it to the public forum! The integrity and Safety of our sport grant us the authority to require that of your body; therefore, you are not going to avoid accountability. You are going to do the work lawfully required of you.

You are now on notice:

{Both your word-salad and your not acting in good faith are rejected, for they are unlawful.}  You have herein (and otherwise,) been documented as knowingly and willingly falsifying, concealing, or covering up material fact.  You are engaging in deceptive practices which are related to government matters.  The integrity of the industry has no room for blatant actions of obfuscation; and we do not tolerate any deliberate lack of transparency nor any private actors’ knowing and willing commencement of violation of applicable federal statute(s).

The public record indicates that Lisa Lazarus, using HISA as private-for-profit body, is not acting in good faith. 

Lisa Lazarus disrespectfully telling the media, Expert Horsemen and the betting public who have questions, to “Google it” is unethical, not transparent and is a glaring indication that Lisa Lazarus’s intentions and objectives are not in the light of the integrity or safety of thoroughbred horseracing, but to milk the cash/cow which was birthed by the 2020 omnibus bill!

In the interim, we look forward to investigating the validity of the claims posed in the PDF provided by maintaining an open dialog with actors within the Federal Trade Commission, with all relevant senators, representatives, committee members, with actual authorities within the executive branch and with un-announced, private entities, encompassing all avenues of operation in order to ensure that the Integrity of our industry shall not be further diminished your unconstitutional infringement and by your criminal actions.

Be duly advised,

It is, herein, duly noted that the author of the PDF our office had received on April twenty-ninth, in the year, two thousand twenty-six,  was not Lisa Lazarus.  

Lisa Lazarus is the specific person such five questions were asked during the public forum, which she ignored publicly on behalf of HISA; and to date.  

The public record indicates that author of the PDF, herein under investigation, is, Erin McLaughlin (located at 201 East Main St., Suite 340 Lexington, Kentucky 40507) whose title is, “Systems Integrity & Operations Assistance” of which she (Erin McLaughlin) executed in her private capacity, not in the public’s. 

All rights reserved. 

Fraternal Regards;


The Above Letter Written In Response to the Following Email:

Good afternoon, 

 

I apologize for the delay. I thought I sent this on Thursday. Please refer to the attached PDF.

 

Thank you

Kindest Regards,

Erin McLaughlin

System Integrity & Operations Assistance                                                  
c: (859) 207-6521
w: www.hisaus.org
a: 201 East Main Street, Suite 340 Lexington, KY 40507

HISA Support Desk 1-877-513-2919

Please check out our step by step instructions and videos

at https://hisausregs.org/published-documents

 

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-Ride Tight.


HISA “Town Hall” Meeting

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 1:00 p.m. (EST)

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A Question for Congressman Clay Higgins

Statesman, Clay Higgins of Louisiana,
Question:
If H.R. 5693 passes, state racing commissions are no longer legally obligated to be regulated by HISA, or by RHSO (Racehorse Health and Safety Organization); so what stops state racing commissions from just remaining independent as they did before the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978?

Statesman, Higgins,

Question:

If H.R. 5693 repeals The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 3051 et seq.), which incentives do state racing commissions have in order to enter into an(y) interstate compact in accordance with your proposed bill?

In other words, if state commissions are not legally compelled to be regulated by HISA, what stops state racing commissions from just remaining independent as they did before the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978?

If H.R. 5693 passes, state racing commissions are no longer legally obligated to be regulated by HISA. They, (state racing commissions and other entities,), furthermore, have not voted to be overseen by RHSO (Racehorse Health and Safety Organization). Therefore, what induces state racing commissions to acquiesce to H.R. 5693, instead of remaining judiciously and financially independent of/from RHSO oversight?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), indeed, oversees the gambling aspect of horseracing on the federal, state and county levels. However, proponents of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA,) vowed for, or are/and/(were,) a private entity, labeling themselves as a federal, “Authority”.

SEE: 18 USC Ch. 43 FALSE PERSONATION: sec. 912 and 913 : “Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.” …

Whoever falsely represents himself to be an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, and in such assumed character arrests or detains any person or in any manner searches the person, buildings, or other property of any person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both …”

Under the above, indicated, unconstitutional guise, (see the non-delegation doctrine), the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority did, in fact, (in conflict with section 32), interfere with the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to enforce federal law.

Congressman Clay Higgins Works to Repeal HISA: H. R. 5693

H. R. 5693
Congressman Clay Higgins Has Introduced Legislation to Fight Against Federal Overreach and Oppressive Mandates to Improve the Integrity of Horse Racing

Introduced in House (09/26/2023)

H. R. 5693

118th CONGRESS
1st Session

To protect the health and welfare of covered horses and improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into an interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control rules and racetrack safety rules that are uniform for each equine breed, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2023

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To protect the health and welfare of covered horses and improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into an interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control rules and racetrack safety rules that are uniform for each equine breed, and for other purposes.

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OPPOSING THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY: Congressman, Lance Gooden, STANDS UP FOR HORSE RACING!

“Congress should work with State racing commissions to regulate horseracing in a responsible way to ensure racetrack
safety and the economic viability of small tracks across the country.
I will work with any Senator who is willing to stand up for small tracks in the next Congress and fix this broken way of governing.” 
– Congressman Lance Gooden

There is a common disagreement regarding both the constitutionality of HISA and, it’s reach.

Congressman, Lance Gooden, stood on the floor of the Senate and Sounded the ALARM AT THE DOOR that the, “Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act“, was found unconstitutional by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 18, 2022.

The court concluded:

“By delegating unsupervised government power to a private entity, HISA violates the private non-delegation doctrine.

We therefore DECLARE that HISA is unconstitutional on that ground.

The district court’s decision is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

(Furthermore,)
“… the court conceded that, unlike the agencies examined in any
other private non-delegation case, the FTC lacked any power “to formally modify the Authority’s rules.” Id. at *23. But this was “not fatal” to the Act’s constitutionality, because relevant precedents did not turn on the agency’s power to modify the private entity’s rules, only on its power to “approve or disapprove” them …”

SOURCE
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Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2023: H. R. 5693

H. R. 5693
Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2023:

…”The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 3051 et seq.) is repealed. …”…

Introduced in House (09/26/2023)

H. R. 5693

118th CONGRESS
1st Session

To protect the health and welfare of covered horses and improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into an interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control rules and racetrack safety rules that are uniform for each equine breed, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2023

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To protect the health and welfare of covered horses and improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into an interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control rules and racetrack safety rules that are uniform for each equine breed, and for other purposes.

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H. R. 9132

117th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 9132

To provide an extension of authority for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 4, 2022

Mr. Gooden of Texas


2431 Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-3484

(for himself and

Mr. Mullin)

3817 NW Expressway #780
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 246-0025

15 W 6th St. Suite #2100
Tulsa, OK 74119
(918) 921-8520

330 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4721

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To provide an extension of authority for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY.

Section 1202(14) of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 3051(14)) is amended by striking “July 1, 2022” and inserting “January 1, 2024”.”

SOURCE

H.R. 9132 page

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ACT

After President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Trade Commission Act into law in 1914,
The FTC opened its doors on March 16,1915.

Federal Trade Commission

Rules

Premerger Notification:

Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements

FR Document:2024-25024 Citation:89 FR 89216 PDF Pages 89216-89414 (199 pages) Permalink

SOURCE

15 USC CHAPTER 2, SUBCHAPTER I: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

FTC Page