Students or horses? The Pennsylvania question

Education advocates want to repurpose Pa.’s generous horse-racing subsidy May 2021 THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE reports: Pennsylvanians favor re-focusing casino tax subsidies — long earmarked for horse racing — to other public purposes, with 83% favoring a switch in the $240 million yearly allocation and 10% preferring continued support for the horse racing industry, according to…

The cruelties of horse racing — what we’re doing to bring it to and end

Make a Donation DOPING We are funding investigations into the illegal drugging of racehorses. We are turning the results over to Federal investigators who will make the arrests and press charges for race fixing, a federal offense. Learn more at our website » ILLEGAL (CLANDESTINE) HORSE RACING We have come close to busting some of…

Inquiry faults racing officials in horse fatalities at Aqueduct

by JOE DRAPE and WALTER BOGDANICH Cross-posted from the New York Times SELECTED EXCERPT Only veterinarians can legally prescribe medicine for horses, yet veterinarians often let trainers, who are paid to win races, make medical decisions, including which drugs to use. These veterinarians also have a powerful financial incentive to prescribe drugs. They are both…

Racino expansion fuels debate over drugs in horse racing

by THOMAS OTT Cross-posted from The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Casino gambling at Ohio horse tracks will fatten racing purses and could rejuvenate the sport in the state, but the higher stakes also will give trainers more of a reason to cheat. Horse racing has long faced questions about whether trainers use medication to…

Aqueduct report on racehorse deaths to be issued Aug. 21

Cross-posted from the New York Post SARATOGA SPRINGS — The long-awaited report on the 20 racing-related horse deaths that occurred over Aqueduct’s inner dirt track last winter will be released Tuesday, Aug. 21, The Post has learned. The New York Task Force on Racehorse Health and Safety was formed March 22 in response to a…