Equine Regulatory Law

In Understory, Pauletta Hansel sifts the past and listens for her grandmothers ten generations back, from the cobblestone streets of London to the country roads of eastern Kentucky. With humility and a deep resolve, she assembles the scraps that survived these last four-hundred years to render heartfelt, often profound portraits. The result is a collection that bridges history, memoir, and poetry to reimagine a genealogy of Appalachia through women’s lives.

The most comprehensive legal treatment of American horse racing regulation available… . For lawyers who practice in this space, the book is essential. For stewards, commission members, and racing administrators, it is a guide to the legal framework within which they operate and the constitutional limits of their authority. And for the broader equestrian and racing community, it is a window into the extraordinary complexity of the regulatory apparatus that governs an industry built on speed, money, and the partnership between humans and horses – an apparatus that, as this book makes clear, the courts are still actively shaping.

Robert L. Heleringer is an attorney who served as executive director of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) and as an adjunct instructor in the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Studies program. He is a former racing official at Thoroughbred racetracks and was a member of the Kentucky General Assembly from 1980 to 2022.

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