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BY JOE DRAPE \ NEW YORK TIMES \ 2ND JUNE 2021 The colt, trained by Bob Baffert, stands to become the second horse in the history of the race to be disqualified for a positive drug test. Medina Spirit’s positive drug test after the Kentucky Derby has been confirmed, setting the stage for the colt… Continue reading Positive drug test confirmed for Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit
Cross-posted from the New York Times Horses’ Deaths at Aqueduct Prompt New Rules BY JOE DRAPE Update — Drape tweeted: Deadly to horses - now 13 in 22 days; loses money $23 million last year. Why is Aqueduct still open? It was Shewreckstheplace’s 36th start, and second in seven days, and she had yet to… Continue reading Death of 12 Horses at Aqueduct prompts new rules
The New York Times film critic NICOLAS RAPOLD reviews "Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed", a documentary by Katia Louise about the slaughter of U.S. horses. While Rapold concludes it is a mishmash of a documentary "emotionally and visually tough to watch", what he did take away from the film is this: When horses are… Continue reading NYT Movie Review: Saving America’s Horses
Although we do not approve of people keeping exotics as pets, we could not resist this portion of the story. The New York Times has a series called "Kids Draw the News". Violet, age 8, of Brooklyn, illustrated the paper's recent runaway zebra and pony story. The artwork is just too good to be missed… Continue reading Kids Draw the News: Runaway zebra foal and pony (NYT)
Steven Crist writing for the Daily Racing Form takes on Joe Drape of the New York Times regarding a column Drape wrote today, calling it a "dishonest diatribe." Hold your horses; let's take a close look at this. Crist states: Since March, the Times has pulled out all the stops in depicting American racing as… Continue reading Crist takes on Drape re racehorse doping, cruelties and death
This is a sad story, and shows what can happen to horses when humans make bad decisions. JOE DRAPE filed the following report for the New York Times: The New York attorney general Thursday sued the directors of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, one of the largest nonprofit organizations devoted to retired racehorses, saying they had… Continue reading New York Attorney General sues Foundation for retired racehorses
The Associated Press Reports: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Racing Commission is holding a public hearing Wednesday on a proposal to adopt stricter standards for horse racing. The commission will take testimony at its Albuquerque headquarters on model regulations developed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International. The move comes after a New… Continue reading NM Racing Commission discusses safety rules changes
Today the US Congress is hearing testimony into horse racing by invited members of the industry, or might we say, the ones who accepted their invitation. That's not all. Today the New York Times publishes another blockbuster report on US horse racing called "Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death". Written by Joe Drape, Walt Bogdanich,… Continue reading New York Times exposes fatal results of drugging Thoroughbreds as Congress debates horse racing
The new economics of horse racing are making an always-dangerous game even more so, as lax oversight puts animal and rider at risk. Well, here it is. The first installment in the New York Times series of reports on horse racing fatalities. The March 24, 2012 piece is the work of investigative reporters WALT BOGDANICH,… Continue reading Death and disarray at America’s racetracks: Mangled Horses and Maimed Jockeys
You can run, but you can't hide. That is the first thought that came to mind when I learned that the New York Times have formed an investigative team to probe horse racing fatalities. Perhaps the tragic deaths of the racehorses used in the filming of the HBO series "Luck" and the 20 who died… Continue reading New York Times investigative team probes horse racing fatalities and drug use
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