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Advance Notice

Joe Drape on proposed federal legislation of drugs in racing:

Some of horse racing’s most influential stakeholders have known that the bill was coming and in recent weeks have called for the elimination of all illegal drugs as well as legal ones, like corticosteroids, that can mask an injury.

I had been wondering what gave rise to recent concord on the issue …

Posted in Racing on April 29, 2011 / Tagged Drugs in Racing, Federal Legislation, IHA, Raceday Medications, RCI

Hanging Out

Kentucky Oaks contender Daisy Devine and Derby contender Uncle Mo waiting for the track to re-open for training at 8:30 this morning.

Posted in Racing on April 28, 2011 / Tagged Churchill Downs, Daisy Devine, Derby Prospects, Oaks Prospects, Uncle Mo

You’ll Never Know

… if you don’t go. Claire Novak on Derby fever for Kentucky Confidential:

“I still get Derby fever; guilty as charged,” Wolf said. “If that horse had won the Blue Grass, we would be going to the Derby. He doesn’t have any distance limitations in his pedigree. You could ask what we were thinking to enter him in that race, but if you look at the sheets and past performances, he seemed to belong from a competitive standpoint. In hindsight, he didn’t keep up with those horses, but they’ll never jump up and show you if you don’t give them a chance.”

Posted in Racing on April 26, 2011 / Tagged Derby Fever, Derby Preps, Derby Prospects, Kentucky Confidential