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Largely the underfinanced volunteer work of a dozen or so people who had a passion for racing, HANA was active for about 10 years as a collective voice for the horseplayer. It heightened awareness of hot-button topics from medication controversies to simulcast distribution. It even organized wagering boycotts of places that were seen as doing wrong by the average bettor.
The best thing HANA ever did was to hold racetracks accountable for their takeout rates. It was credited with having a vital role in Keeneland rolling back its percentages three years ago.
HANA’s detailed annual spreadsheets that chronicled takeout figures were bookmarks on every serious horseplayer’s computer. They still exist in an online half-life at the old website horseplayersassociation.org, which looks like a ghost town that has been preserved since the day it was abandoned.