After Kentucky Derby winner* Medina Spirit failed his first drug test, his trainer, Bob Baffert, did the media…
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Just two months before the Tokyo Games are scheduled to begin, the White Privilege Olympics have already started, as…
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Trainer Bob Baffert’s horse, Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby on May 1, tested positive for a banned…
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Only one horse has been disqualified for a drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby. That happened in 1968, when…
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You have to ask if there’s anything left of horse racing to kill. Perhaps it’s entrenched so deeply into…
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First of all, I have indeed been to the Kentucky Derby (which is, like, a WHOLE other story, and I’ll never write it…
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There’s this phrase in thoroughbred racing, it goes one of two ways: “always bet the grays” or “never bet the…
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Recently, a story that made more headlines than normal in the horse racing world was a bettor cashing a 50-cent…
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Just two days into Santa Anita’s horse racing season, a 3-year-old colt named Emtech had to be euthanized after…
In a garden-variety suburb outside Albany—a recent July morning, but it could have been any morning—Patrick…
A 4-year-old gelding was euthanized at Santa Anita after breaking its pelvis during training, according to a statemen…
Between this and the doping, I don’t think I can let my children watch horse racing anymore. At a meeting of House…
Explosive news out of the world of horse racing today: Justify, the colt that ruined the mystique of one of sports’…
A four-year-old gelding named American Currency was euthanized after sustaining an injury on Santa Anita’s training…
A three-year-old filly named Truffalino died Sunday after collapsing suddenly on the turf at Santa Anita.…
The 1973 Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Awards banquet wasn’t lacking for starpower. Flyers legend Bobby…