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Calif. Stewards Dismiss Complaint About Justify Drug Test
Stewards at Santa Anita have dismissed complaints filed by the California Horse Racing Board involving the post-race drug tests of Triple Crown winner Justify and another horse in 2018, both of whom were trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
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Horse Racing Seeking to Implement Variety of Safety Reforms
A movement is underway in horse racing to clean up the sport by enacting uniform safety standards that everyone in the industry would have to abide by
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How to Make a Black-Eyed Susan
It’s the official cocktail of the Triple Crown’s “middle jewel.”
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Train Like Champion Jockey Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza won the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing in 2015. Find out how he stays fit and why, for jockeys, there is no offseason.
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Art Collector Is Biggest Threat to Authentic in Preakness
Art Collector looks like the biggest threat to Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness
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Baffert Goes for 8th Preakness Win Without Valued Assistant
Bob Baffert is aiming to win a record-breaking eighth Preakness Stakes with Authentic or Thousand Words
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How to Bet on a Horse Race
Not sure how to bet on a horse race? Here’s some advice for first-time bettors.
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Authentic Set as 9-5 Favorite at Masked Preakness Draw
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is the morning line favorite for the Preakness
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Authentic Wins 146th Kentucky Derby
Authentic upset Belmont Stakes Winner Tiz the Law to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was postponed from May due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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From Derby DQ to Doping, a Chaotic Year in Horse Racing
From the first-place finisher being disqualified in last year’s Kentucky Derby to doping, and from lawsuits to a pandemic, it’s been a chaotic year in horse racing
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Kentucky Derby Reverses Course, Will Run Without Fans
The Kentucky Derby will run without fans for the first time
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After Flurry of Horse Deaths, Racing Regulators to Weigh Suspending Calif. Track's License
State regulators will hold a special meeting Monday to consider pulling the license of Los Alamitos Race Course after a rash of racehorse deaths this year at the Orange County facility. The track was placed on probation by the California Horse Racing Board on July 10 and given 10 days to produce a plan to address the deaths or face…
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Trainer Bob Baffert Suspended 15 Days by Arkansas Stewards
Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards after two of his horses tested positive in Arkansas for a banned substance
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Kentucky Derby, Oaks Will Run With Limitations on Spectators
Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000
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Tiz the Law Wins Belmont Stakes in First Race of Triple Crown
Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...
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Historic 152nd Belmont Stakes Runs Without Fans
Tiz the Law is the early 6-5 favorite for the Belmont, which kicks off what Knowlton calls a “backwards Triple Crown.” Greg Cergol reports.
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Hall of Fame Jockey ‘Big Money Mike' Previews the Belmont Stakes
Mike Smith, the jockey also known as “Big Money Mike,” explains how the coronavirus pandemic has turned the horse racing world upside down and why the Belmont Stakes is so different this year.
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Belmont Stakes to Run in June Without Fans
Another sign of hope on New York’s road to recovery. We’ve learned the Belmont Stakes will run next month. But there won’t be spectators in the stands at Belmont Park. Bruce Beck reports.
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Secretariat Wins Virtual Kentucky Derby
Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners, 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4-mile race featuring computer-generated imagery was held Saturday, the same day the 146th Derby had been scheduled until it was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Derby has been re-set for Sept. 5….
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27 People Arrested in Global Horse Doping Scheme That Hit NY and NJ Tracks
FBI agents arrested 27 people early Monday on federal charges they participated in a scheme to illegally administer performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to racehorses throughout the United States, court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan say. The 27 defendants include horse trainers, veterinarians, and others, accused of administering the PEDs in order to improve the performance of racehorses…