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Readings: Haydn

“When they are ready, the bell is rung a second time, and at the first stroke they ride off at once. Whoever is the first to traverse the circle of 2 miles and return to the platform from which they started receives the prize. In the first heat there were 3 riders and they had to go around the circle twice without stopping. They did this double course in 5 minutes … No stranger would believe this unless they had seen it themselves.

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Posted by JC in Readings on 07/12/2005 @ 5:40 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter

This Sounds Bad

“According to Gallagher, the positive test results were relayed from the testing laboratory at Iowa State University to personnel at the racing commission. The commission, Gallagher said, then changed its regulations so that the concentrations of drugs found in the sample would fall below the state’s acceptable threshold levels, negating the need to call them positives” (Daily Racing Form).
More: “Drug positives weren’t called, Kentucky officials say” (Blood-Horse), “Horse racing official: Drug offenses not investigated” (Courier-Journal).

Posted by JC in Medication/Drug Policies on 07/12/2005 @ 1:30 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter

Monday at Suffolk

Janine Savoie earned her first win as a licensed trainer in race seven, with longshot Freda Z. In race nine, Cahill Mango, formerly of Jeff Mullins’ Santa Anita stable and shipping in from Belmont for Bruce Levine, ran the fastest six furlongs at Suffolk Downs so far this year, winning in 1:09.9.

Posted by JC in Suffolk Downs on 07/12/2005 @ 12:50 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter