Istanbul reins in carriage rides over ‘dying horses’

ISTANBUL, Dec 23 — It has been one of the classic excursions for tourists and locals in Istanbul: A boat trip to one of the car-free Princes’ Islands followed by a ride in a horse-drawn carriage through pine forests and past elegant mansions and houses where Turkish writers lived. But its days may be numbered…

The slow and merciless death of American horse racing

BY VIVIAN FARRELL "She [Eight Belles] ran with the heart of a locomotive, on champagne-glass ankles." Blaming the breeders and investors, sports writer Sally Jenkins claimed, "thoroughbred racing is in a moral crisis, and everyone now knows it." "Our horses are sick. Our thoroughbreds are thoroughly inbred. They are locomotives sitting atop toothpicks. They are…

NTRA’s unbelievable response to HBO’s report on horse racing

We didn't expect horse racing to respond to HBO's hard hitting segment on horse racing. We figured they would just lay low for a good long while, until they figured people had forgotten about it. That's what they usually do. But they have responded, in a manner of speaking, via Alex Waldrop. What a gift!…

HBO questions the survival of horse racing in lieu of fatalities

By VIVIAN FARRELL How I wish horse racing in the U.S. would die. I doubt it will. But tracks are closing all the time. It's already being predicted by some racing insiders that the three Triple Crown races might be all that survive. Before I go any further, let me assure the reader that I…