Jun 11, 2022; Elmont, NY, USA; We the People (1) with jockey Flavien Prat up, Skippylongstocking (2) with jockey Manuel Franco up, Mo Donegal (6) with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. up, and Creative Minster (5) with jockey Brian Hernandez up, run the start of the Belmont Stakes, the eleventh race at Belmont Park Racetrack. / Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
(Reuters) - A law designed to makes horse racing safer by creating and enforcing national rules governing the use of drugs and the treatment of animals is "facially unconstitutional," a federal appeals court in Louisiana ruled on Friday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) was created by Congress in 2020 to replace the state-by-state patchwork of regulations following a series of high-profile doping scandals and horse deaths that rocked the industry.
