What’s at stake with Florida’s decoupling bills: $3.24B industry, 33.5K jobs, 87K Thoroughbreds.

RT @damon_thayer: Our board is fully invested in #HorseRacing Each TRI member is passionate about the sport & industry; congrats to Jon, Ma….

To give insight into why we're doing what we're doing to fight to preserve live racing: Watch sr consultant @damon_thayer's poignant synopsis after Tom's Magic's powerful rally in @WoodbineTB's King's Plate came up just short. "Horse racing will rip your heart out, throw it on

A correction (too late to edit post): Velocity went off at "only" 35-1 odds, paying $72 to win. The thrill was unchanged!.

Great day Saturday for TRI principals (and principles, showcasing what we're fighting to protect: live racing): VP @JonGreen2022's @DJ_Stable & board member @MarkECasse win G1 Alabama w Nitrogen; board member @AronWellman7's @EclipseTBP wins G1 Del Mar Oaks w 72-1 Velocity & sr

RT @RadioLouie: FRIDAY 6p ET. I’m joined on @KyRacingSptlght @ESPN680 by Trainer @nlynch33. We’ll chat about their two top 3 year-olds in….

TRI will continue its efforts to #DefeatDecoupling in the face of this new effort to irreparably harm Florida’s #HorseRacing industry. Our coalition is strong & we will continue to fight to preserve 33,000 Florida jobs & their $3 billion economic impact.

RT @damon_thayer: INSIGHTS: Deconstructing the effort to #DefeatDecoupling by @ronflatter of @HR_Nation . We @TBRacingInit have a great co….

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.

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

RT @DustinRIsaacsKY: I knew when @damon_thayer told me he had decided not to seek re-election in the state Senate that he was confident he….

RT @brianwmalloy: “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.

RT @damon_thayer: It is a privilege to add the Iowa horsemen @IowaHBPA at @prmracing to my client roster. They join @TBRacingInit & othe….

RT @rail_talk: The boys @JonGreen2022 and @JoeBiancaWPT welcome Black Dog Bloodstock’s @L_Carlisle to explain what changes she’d like to se….

RT @damon_thayer: “A major accomplishment for TRI…. we built a coalition…made a really good case that decoupling would destroy Florida’s ho….

RT @damon_thayer: “Gaming wouldn't exist in a lot of these states if it weren’t for horse racing,” Thayer said. “And these partnerships wor….

RT @damon_thayer: “If horse racing is going to continue to be a national sport, Florida is critical to that goal, and I believe that racing….

RT @damon_thayer: “Horse racing is going to do well over the next five to 10 years in states where the industry has a strong relationship w….