Mariano Fragueiro Frías, President of the Owners' Association, and a complaint that moved the bookshelf and the "bases"

If history does not change, a major crisis is imminent within the Argentine horse racing industry, specifically in 4 of the 5 racetracks that are under the orbit of the Loteria bonaerense. As it is known, for several months San Isidro, Azul, Dolores and Tandil (La Plata is doing it, or to a much greater extent...) have not received the money corresponding to the Fondo de Reparación, with the consequent delay in the payment of prize money and which causes a deep uneasiness among owners, professionals and stable staff, the most affected.
However, in the last few hours, the complaint filed by Mariano Fragueiro Frias as President of the Association of Racehorse Owners has moved the shelves, igniting the fuse for the horse racing to finally fight for what it is entitled to by Law.
The renowned lawyer filed before the Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires a writ denouncing Pablo Julio López, Axel Kicillof's Minister of Economy, and other officials of the Executive, for having appropriated the reparation fund that corresponds to Buenos Aires racetracks and to the different equestrian entities, whether they are unions or institutions.
The last prize payments refer to the month of September, in a situation impossible to bear, with rising costs and rewards at very low levels, without suffering increases for several months, beyond the deceleration of inflation.
According to what Fragueiro expressed to Turf Class, the web page edited by colleague Gustavo S. González, “The process is going very well; I understand that on Thursday or Friday we will have a hearing. The Jockey Club sent document letters in which it assures that if the money from the Fund is not received by Monday 27, they will not receive the entries [for the meetings on Saturday, February 1 and Wednesday, February 5].
“The funds are going to appear now, right away, but we do not only need the money but also that they give us the tools to capture it, such as the online bet, the commingle and so on”.
In the last hours, and after Fragueiro Frías' denunciation, the Asociación Gremial de Profesionales del Turf, Criadores Argentinos del Sangre Pura de Carrera and the Círculo de Propietarios de Caballerizas (the latter jointly) supported the management of the Owners' Association and committed themselves to push to achieve the objective. Congratulations.
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