KHRC alleges ‘lack of candor and contemptuous conduct’ by New York lab, Baffert attorneys

LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL | 20th July 2021 by TIM SULLIVAN The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission filed a status report and motion for order on Monday in the Medina Spirit case, reports the Courier-Journal, requesting that Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate compel trainer Bob Baffert's attorneys to disclose results of testing on a urine sample the court had…

Bob Baffert, Justify and the Chemical Triple Crown

by VIVIAN FARRELL Everyone who knows us knows we are no fans of Thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert. He is a cheater, a liar and a doper. I had written a dear colleague a day or so ago stating it is my opinion that when all is said and done, Baffert's Triple Crown Winner, Justify, would…

Thoroughbred Industry Organizations’ Statements On Current Crisis

The Ray Paulick Report post entitled, "Thoroughbred Industry Organizations’ Statements On Current Crisis", was published yesterday evening. Mr. Paulick put it to horse racing stakeholders this way: Paulick email: In recent weeks, I've been approached and contacted by numerous people whose livelihoods depend on the Thoroughbred industry, telling me they fear for the industry's future, and…

Suspected sea snail venom used on racehorses in Oz

It would never have occurred to us we would ever be writing about sea snail venom. But then we never thought we would be writing about frog juice. That's horse racing! Full of cheaters, dopers and liars. The Brisbane Times reports: A deadly venom found in sea snails which can paralyse fish within a second…

Branded. Liars and killers — the BLM and its political allies

For more than a decade I have been listening to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lies concerning America's wild horses and burros. For more than a decade I have watched the BLM destroy herds of wild horses and murder burros. For more than a decade I have watched politicians, bureaucrats and Judges aid and abet…

Horse Racing in America: A Spectacle of Liars, Dopers and Cheaters – Part 1

by JANE ALLIN Introduction Twenty horses, dirt flying around the first turn at Churchill Downs and the sound of hooves thundering down the stretch toward the finish line in pursuit of the first jewel in the Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby. Steeped in tradition, the first Saturday in May brings with it fancy and outrageous…