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Excerpts from the FBI Bulger file: How to fix a horse race

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Closeup of Thoroughbred racehorse's hooves galloping on a direct track. Photographer unknown.

BOSTON HERALD By JOE DWINELLJuly 18, 2021 at 10:02 p.m. Excerpts from the 300-page FBI file on James “Whitey” Bulger — at least the pages that are not redacted or left out — stitch together schemes to score easy money at every turn. Here are a few examples: Declassified: FBI file on James “Whitey” Bulger… Continue reading Excerpts from the FBI Bulger file: How to fix a horse race

Racing executives remain complacent and clueless while horses suffer and die

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Written by VIVIAN GRANT After meeting for two days in Lexington to discuss horse safety and welfare, racing executives remain complacent and clueless while horses suffer and die. The third Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit ended June 29 in Lexington with a commitment to create a national rider injury database, something that Keeneland… Continue reading Racing executives remain complacent and clueless while horses suffer and die