Horses entered for the Travers Stakes face heightened scrutiny

Joe Drape writing for the New York Times reports: "New York authorities have ordered that all horses racing in the Travers Stakes on Aug. 25 be placed under 24-hour surveillance, and their trainers will have to document each medical treatment a horse receives in the 72 hours before the race." and "For the Belmont Stakes…

Trio organizing Summit to discuss kicking the race day habit

Written by VIVIAN GRANT It has been a few weeks since bettor protection group Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) issued a press release requesting that Thoroughbred racing in America phase out race day medications, setting a generous five years to accomplish the task. When I called RCI on a (sort of) unrelated topic, naturally…