Will the Teflon effect keep Bob bobbing along?

Bob Baffert, U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

by JANE ALLIN The Triple Crown races are upon us again, albeit postponed, and Baffert is back in the news. Two of his horses, one a top contender for the Belmont Stakes, tested positive for Lidocaine. Not one but two — Charlatan and stable mate Gamine — both of whom won on the race card… Continue reading Will the Teflon effect keep Bob bobbing along?

NYT: More than 2 dozen charged in horse racing doping scheme

Maximum Security in the Cigar Mile. Photograph by Rob Mauhar.

Among those charged was Jason Servis, the trainer of Maximum Security — By Benjamin Weiser and Joe Drape | March 9, 2020 Federal prosecutors announced charges on Monday against more than two dozen racehorse trainers, veterinarians and drug distributors in a wide-ranging series of indictments that laid out a corrupt scheme to secretly dope horses… Continue reading NYT: More than 2 dozen charged in horse racing doping scheme