J. Curtis Linnell, Executive Vice President of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau

Your first impression after the confirmation of your membership after the General Assembly meeting on 28 May 2025?

I was pleased that the TRPB was accepted at an Associate Member. The strength of Pool Betting is international comingling and WoTA is at the leading edge.

What can WoTA bring to your company? And what your company can bring to WoTA?

WoTA can strengthen contacts between TRPB and Totes internationally and brings understanding of what may work somewhere may be applicable to work anywhere.

TRPB will highlight/emphasize the security requirements for wagering protocols and operations and always be cognisant in the measurement of potential risks versus opportunity. 

What are the most important challenges your company is facing in 2025/2026?

Keeping current on technology; recruiting & retaining talent; and effectively migrating institutional & industry knowledge to the ascending analysts & agents.   

What kind of relationship do you have with other tote/horserace betting operators?

TRPB has a positive relationship with tote/racing associations. We have over 47 racetracks as clients as well as thirteen regulatory agencies and pari-mutuel/horse racing companies throughout the United States & Canada.

Where do you see your company in a 10 – 15 years’ time?

Having developed analytics for wagering and racing integrity toolset operating in real time with authoritative and descriptive interactive response mechanisms.

What do you do when you are not in charge of TRPB issues?

Attend & participate in horse racing.

Please tell us what is your best memory of a sport (horseracing or other) event you have attended?

American Pharoah’s Belmont Stakes (and Triple Crown) victory.