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HORSE RACING NATION (17 May 2021) — The New York Racing Association Inc. announced the temporary suspension of Bob Baffert from entering horses in races and occupying stall space at Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course and Aqueduct Racetrack. “In order to maintain a successful thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the integrity… Continue reading NYRA suspends Baffert from Belmont, Saratoga, Aqueduct
THE NEW YORK POST (by Tamar Lapin) He got knocked off his high horse. Federal authorities on Thursday reined in a Long Island pharmaceutical company employee who allegedly swiped hundreds of thousands of dollars in horse drugs from his work — and then sold them directly to veterinarians and trainers. Gregory Settino, 58, was arrested… Continue reading Long Island man who stole horse drugs to sell at racetrack is indicted
Two days after New York State authorized changes to their rules allowing Thoroughbreds to wear nasal breathing strips during races, a horse named See the Music died wearing one. California Chrome made the nasal breathing strips famous after winning both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes while wearing one. Up until last week, the New… Continue reading Horse dies at Belmont while wearing nasal strip
This article came across my desk as I was watching the video of I'll Have Another running around a paddock, kicking up his heels, at his new home in Japan where he arrived recently to continue his racing career as a Thoroughbred Stallion. Cross-posted from Deadspin WRITTEN BY BARRY PETCHESKY Our horses are sick. Our… Continue reading Our racehorses are broken America, writes Barry Petchesky
Researched and Written by JANE ALLIN Unlike some other organized sports in America, such as baseball, football and basketball, horse racing differs in several ways. Not only does it lack centralization in the form of a governing body to oversee regulatory policies and mandates, but it also does not provide its players with contractual salaries.… Continue reading A lust to win, an incentive to cheat: The stain on American Thoroughbred racing
Cross-posted from ABC News WRITTEN BY RICHARD ESPOSITO With the Belmont Stakes -- and a potential Triple Crown victory for I'll Have Another – just weeks away, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state will seize control of the scandal-plagued organization that operates the Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga racetracks. Under the terms… Continue reading New York seizes control of horse racing tracks
As Barry Bonds neared Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, the media questioned whether Bonds' record -- if he and when he broke Aaron's -- should be denoted with an asterisk due to his alleged steroid usage. It garnered a lot of attention for a long time, and tarnished the image of Major League Baseball.… Continue reading If I’ll Have Another wins the Triple Crown should it be denoted with an asterisk?
Ron Mitchell, writing for The Blood-Horse, reports: Stewards at Prairie Meadows have revoked the license of Joseph Louis Nealon, saying the action is necessary to “protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare and to protect the public from a person who should not hold a trainer’s license.” The stewards’ ruling came after the Nealon-owned and… Continue reading Trainer’s license revoked for exhausted racehorse; Belmont cancels June 9th card
Cross-posted from The New York Times By JOE DRAPE Mr Drape opens with: The New York Racing Association said it would bar any owner or trainer from competing at its racetracks if any of their horses were sold for slaughter. It also urged horsemen who are part of what is widely considered the premier racing… Continue reading New York Racing Association Adopts Anti-Slaughter Policy (US)
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