New York Times Horse Racing | 340 days ago
The Prix de Diane draws one of the biggest crowds of the racing season, and the big draws, other than nine races, include an Ayo concert, first-rate picnicking and intriguing people watching.
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New York-Bred Horse Giant Ryan Is Euthanized
New York Times Horse Racing | 340 days ago
The reigning New York-bred Horse of the Year, Giant Ryan, was euthanized after developing the same disease that led to the death of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
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Points Race Will Set Derby Field
New York Times Horse Racing | 340 days ago
A new points system was put into place to set the field for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks.
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Kentucky Derby Entries to Be Rated on Point System
New York Times Horse Racing | 341 days ago
A new points system was put into place to set the field for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks.
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Kentucky Commission Bars Lasix in Top Races
New York Times Horse Racing | 342 days ago
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a limited ban on the race-day medication furosemide, also known as Lasix or Salix, in an effort to restore public confidence in the sport.
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Mexico’s Zetas Accused of Laundering Money With Horses
New York Times Horse Racing | 342 days ago
Federal authorities say that a horse breeding organization run by one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world and his brother allowed them to launder millions of dollars.
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A Weekend Long on Memorable Sports Moments — Leading Off
New York Times Horse Racing | 343 days ago
A hat trick for Messi. Game 7 in the N.B.A. A split decision in the Bradley-Pacquiao fight. And a six-pitcher no-hitter. Those are three days worth replaying.
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Belmont Stakes Still Impressive, Even Without I’ll Have Another
New York Times Horse Racing | 344 days ago
After the Triple Crown contender I’ll Have Another was scratched, Union Rags won the Belmont Stakes in impressive fashion to join Bodemeister at the top of the 3-year-old class.
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Fractured Leg In Undercard
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Giant Ryan, a 6-year-old Grade 1 stakes winner with career earnings of more than $600,000, fractured his left front leg Saturday at Belmont near the end of the True North Stakes, a few hours before the Belmont Stakes was run. Giant Ryan was vying f...
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Roundup: Congress Seeks Information On Doping
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Members of two Congressional committees investigating the drugging of racehorses have sent letters to racing regulators in 39 states seeking information on how trainers with multiple drug violations are disciplined and how often certain performance-enh...
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Reunion at Belmont Park For 4 Buddies and Bettors
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
At Belmont Park on Saturday morning, four friends met in the same spot and at the same time on Belmont Stakes day as they have for years. Over doughnuts and coffee at 9:30, near the tote board in the paddock, they talked about the races ahead and who a...
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A Young Horse Racing Fan’s Triple Crown Journey
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Hope Hudson, a 12-year-old girl with a rare disorder, made the trip to the Triple Crown races through the combined efforts of people in the horse racing community.
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Belmont Park Reunion for Buddies Who Bet
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
One group of four friends made their annual pilgrimage, which dates back more than 20 years, to Belmont Park.
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Giant Ryan, a Stakes Winner, Fractures His Leg
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Giant Ryan, a 6-year-old Grade 1 stakes winner, fractured his left front leg during a race at Belmont Park.
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Union Rags Sprints to Win at Belmont Stakes
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Union Rags, ridden by his new jockey John Velazquez, overtook Paynter in the final stretch to win the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes.
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THE RAIL; 30 Seconds With Donna Barton Brothers: Waiting Past the Finish Line for the Winner
New York Times Horse Racing | 345 days ago
Excerpts from 30 Seconds Q&A with Donna Barton Brothers, former jockey who is now a horse racing analyst for NBC; notes that she conducts most of her interviews on horseback. Photo
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Desormeaux, Battling Alcoholism, Fights to Stay in Horse Racing
New York Times Horse Racing | 346 days ago
Kent Desormeaux, who will ride Guyana Star Dweej in the Belmont Stakes, is a Hall of Fame jockey who has lost big mounts recently.
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Belmont Stakes — I’ll Have Another’s Injury Leaves Track Deflated
New York Times Horse Racing | 346 days ago
I’ll Have Another’s withdrawal on the eve of the Belmont Stakes left horse racing fans disappointed that the colt’s pursuit of the elusive Triple Crown was over.
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Belmont and NBC Lose Their Star Before the Main Event
New York Times Horse Racing | 346 days ago
As a result of I’ll Have Another’s being scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes, NBC’s ratings and the racetrack’s attendance will probably take a big hit.
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THE RAIL; Triple Crown or Not? The Picks
New York Times Horse Racing | 347 days ago
Joe Drape The Rail column predicts that Union Rags will win the Belmont Stakes; other New York Times staffers offer their predictions. Photo, Chart
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Guyana Star Dweej Is a Long-Shot in the Belmont Stakes
New York Times Horse Racing | 347 days ago
Doodnauth Shivmangal, the owner and trainer of the horse Guyana Star Dweej, has managed to stir some excitement in an immigrant community ahead of the Belmont Stakes.
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Treating Workplace Injuries, When the Office Is Belmont Racetrack
New York Times Horse Racing | 348 days ago
As a general practitioner with a practice in Nassau County, Dr. Fredric Cogan was familiar with the usual flus, fevers and fractures his patients dealt with. But after taking over as the official doctor for backstretch workers at Belmont racetrack ...
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I’ll Have Another to Start Belmont Stakes From Post No. 11
New York Times Horse Racing | 348 days ago
With the field gunning to stop his bid for a Triple Crown, I’ll Have Another will race in the Belmont Stakes from what his trainer calls the perfect position.
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Can I’ll Have Another Win the Belmont?
New York Times Horse Racing | 348 days ago
The mile-and-a-half distance of the Belmont Stakes, which has stopped 11 horses from winning the Triple Crown since Affirmed won in 1978, will be a daunting task for I’ll Have Another.
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Labor Deal Reached at Belmont
New York Times Horse Racing | 348 days ago
Racetrack workers at Belmont reached a labor deal with the New York Racing Association to head off a possible strike before a Triple Crown bid, the union and state officials said.
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Union Talks Are Continuing as Belmont Stakes Nears
New York Times Horse Racing | 349 days ago
The president of the New York Racing Association said the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday would go off in perfect order even if maintenance and starting gate workers strike, as they have threatened.
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Belmont Stakes: Reddam Is One Win From Triple Crown
New York Times Horse Racing | 349 days ago
J. Paul Reddam, owner of I’ll Have Another, studied philosophy before embarking on a career that includes horse racing and running a business that makes high-risk, high-interest loans.
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Saturday: A TV Sports Marathon, Especially in New York
New York Times Horse Racing | 350 days ago
From the French Open to an Argentina-Brazil friendly to an Oscar Pistorius 400-meter run to the Belmont Stakes to Yankees-Mets, Saturday will be a sports marathon.
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Labor Deal Reached at Belmont
New York Times Horse Racing | 350 days ago
Racetrack workers at Belmont reached a labor deal with the New York Racing Association to head off a possible strike before a Triple Crown bid, the union and state officials said.
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What’s at Stake in the Belmont
New York Times Horse Racing | 352 days ago
New rules have been imposed that will protect the safety of the horses before the Belmont Stakes, but the industry still needs effective reform.
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Belmont Stakes — Agent Saw Promise in I’ll Have Another’s Jockey
New York Times Horse Racing | 352 days ago
Ivan Puhich, 85, has been developing riders since 1944. His first involvement with a Triple Crown-winning horse, Citation, came four years later.
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Counsel for NYRA Wants to Release 2011 Corruption Report
New York Times Horse Racing | 352 days ago
With the New York Racing Association again under fire, an integrity counsel charged with ensuring horse racing was clean wants to release a corruption report it prepared last year.
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Camelot Stays Undefeated by Winning English Derby
New York Times Horse Racing | 353 days ago
Camelot kept his unbeaten record intact by winning the English Derby in Epsom by five lengths over Main Sequence.
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Belmont Stakes — A Chiropractor for the Four-Legged Set
New York Times Horse Racing | 353 days ago
Larry Jones, a former hockey player, is one of the few equine chiropractors in the horse industry, and he estimates he has treated more than 41,000 horses in 13 countries.
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At Yonkers Raceway, Cynicism and Ire Over Trainer Pena’s Suspension
New York Times Horse Racing | 354 days ago
There was an air of familiarity and fatalism at Yonkers Raceway in the wake of news that Luis Pena had been accused by the state of illegally drugging horses in 675 harness races.
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THE RAIL; I’ll Have Another Evades Accident With Filly
New York Times Horse Racing | 354 days ago
Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another narrowly avoids accident with filly that got loose during training for the Belmont Stakes.
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On Sundays, Ramon A. Dominguez Races to Win, but Avoids Doughnuts
New York Times Horse Racing | 354 days ago
On Sundays, Ramon A. Dominguez, a jockey who won the 2011 Breeders’ Cup, often rides several races. But though he buys doughnuts for the grooms and workers in the barns when he wins, he won’t indulge.
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Belmont Stakes — Horse Security Tightened by New York Board
New York Times Horse Racing | 355 days ago
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board has made it mandatory for all horses running in the Belmont Stakes to be housed in a single highly secured barn beginning three days before the race.
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Shackleford Holds On to Win Metropolitan Handicap
New York Times Horse Racing | 357 days ago
Shackleford, the 2011 Preakness Stakes winner, held off a furious rush by Caleb’s Posse and won the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap by a nose at Belmont Park.
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Horse Racing May Not Deserve Triple Crown Glory
New York Times Horse Racing | 358 days ago
Without central leadership, reforms have been slow in coming to the sprawling, disjointed horse racing industry, which lacks accountability.
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Strong Field in Metropolitan Handicap
New York Times Horse Racing | 358 days ago
The Metropolitan Handicap on Monday at Belmont Park features one of the strongest fields in the race’s 120-year history.
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Tickets Available for Belmont Stakes
New York Times Horse Racing | 360 days ago
When 3,000 reserved-seat tickets to the Belmont Stakes were made available online Monday after I’ll Have Another won the Preakness Stakes, they were snatched up in about three minutes.
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Trainer Luis Pena Accused of Doping in 675 Harness Races
New York Times Horse Racing | 361 days ago
New York State accused Luis Pena, a prominent horse trainer, of illegally drugging horses in hundreds of harness races over a 28-month period in the state.
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Doug O’Neill, Derby-Winning Trainer, Suspended
New York Times Horse Racing | 361 days ago
Doug O’Neill, the trainer of Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another, was suspended 45 days on Thursday for exceeding the allowable limit for total carbon dioxide in one of his horses.
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Doug O’Neill, I’ll Have Another’s Trainer, Awaits Ruling on His Future
New York Times Horse Racing | 362 days ago
Doug O’Neill, the trainer of I’ll Have Another, says he is not guilty of charges that could result in a 180-day suspension by the California Horse Racing Board.
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State Seizes Control of New York Racing Association
New York Times Horse Racing | 363 days ago
In hopes of reforming a scandal-plagued industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars for the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will create a new board to replace the New York Racing Association.
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I’ll Have Another Goes Straight to Belmont From Preakness
New York Times Horse Racing | 365 days ago
The plan for I’ll Have Another, who arrived at Belmont Park on Sunday afternoon after winning the Preakness the day before, is to get him acclimated to the racetrack.
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The Right to Record
New York Times Horse Racing | 365 days ago
The Justice Department took an important stand when it declared that citizens have a right to videotape the actions of police officers in public places.
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THE RAIL; 30 Seconds With Bo Derek: Racing and the Safety of Horses Become Her Focus
New York Times Horse Racing | 366 days ago
Excerpts from 30 Seconds Q&A with actress Bo Derek, horse racing enthusiast and member of the California Horse Racing Board. Photo
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