If that headline sounds familiar, you might remember reading a 1998 column from Andrew Beyer that opens:
“Individuals who can’t face the truth about their own drug problems are commonly said to be in a state of denial. The same description might apply to America’s Thoroughbred racing industry.”
Beyer goes on to describe, in his view, widespread cheating by trainers using the drug clenbuterol....
In the latest installment of our series looking at the rise of ownership syndicates around the world, Bob Ehalt explores the growth of partnerships in America - and a clust
For most racing observers outside of Asia, and even for many within the region, a detailed description of the mysterious Philippines-based horse racing exchanges -- led by online trading platforms CITIbet
The San Antonio Stakes does not have the celebrated past that many handicap division races across the country do. A G2 at Santa Anita, only four champions have won it in the last half-century.
Racing Victoria in Australia introduced a local rule on April 14, 2014 that designates cobalt as a prohibited substance at a concentration greater than 200 micrograms per litre in urine. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, Australia nationwide has adopted the same rule on cobalt thresholds for Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds.
Timeform’s Simon Rowlands on the announcement of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2014, which crowned a Japanese horse as the best on the planet and include
One freezing January morning in 1997, on his way to Suffolk Downs, Michael Blowen saw a stray cat on the side of the road. “Stop the car,” he commanded his friend, Tony Meola.
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