Meeting for the first time since its announced resurrection almost three months ago, the revived Sales Integrity Task Force left its May 7 gathering at Keeneland with proclaimed vows of providing quick and satisfying results.

Re-formed in February as part of an emergency agreement to table proposed Kentucky legislation seeking stringent reforms to the equine auction industry, the 36-member task force has pledged to find consensus on specific agendas outlined in the bill–agent licensing, ownership disclosure, and veterinary disclosure.

The initial meeting was described as mostly organizational, with committees formed to address each of the three issues. Few details were made known to the media; an agreement was reached to not discuss particulars outside the confines of the meetings.

“We debated the issue of media access at length, there was healthy dialogue on that point, and there was not initially unanimity,” said Alex Waldrop, president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association who was designated at the spokesman of the task force. “But we came to the consensus that at least for now, the best way to encourage open dialogue in that room among the task force members was to give them the assurance that their comments would not be used against them publicly