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- Big Brown will run Belmont with Steroids
  Posted by Jeff from International Herald Tribune
  Steroids are legal in 28 of the 38 U.S. states where horse racing is held, including the 3 states holding Triple Crown races, and their use is prevalent. The Triple Crown with an asterisk? Or should they all have asterisks? In any case, regular steroid use in horse racing is wrong and should be stopped.
  
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- Eight Belles a casuality of inbreeding
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  The facts are irrefutable. In 1960, the average U.S. racehorse made 11.3 starts per year. The number has fallen almost every year, and now the average U.S. thoroughbred races a mere 6.3 times per year. Almost every trainer whose career spans the decades will acknowledge that thoroughbreds aren't as robust as they used to be.
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- In a Stirring Belmont, the Filly Beats the Fellas
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  I was here. It was an awesome race! “We thought it was something the public would like to see,” Tabor said. “It was a fantastic feat.” He was correct on both counts.
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- Two Horses Turning Heads as Derby Nears
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Who is the “Big Horse,” the 3-year-old who will take the nation’s breath away in the Kentucky Derby and, for at least two weeks, conjure thoughts of a Triple Crown? Twenty-seven days from America’s most famous horse race, the conversation focuses on two colts: Nobiz Like Shobiz and Street Sense.
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- Horse Racing Officials Move Toward Steroid Ban
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  “We want a sport where what you see is what you get,” said Dr. Rick Arthur, the equine medical director for the California board. “I think that’s what the public wants. People say steroids don’t make horses run faster. I’m not convinced of that, and I don’t think the public is convinced of that.”
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- Barbaro euthanized after lengthy battle
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Sad...but not as sad as Iraq: Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his gruesome breakdown at last year’s Preakness, ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across the country.
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Eight Belles a casuality of inbreeding

Gotta like this veiled comment: "He’ll run brilliantly and be retired in the fall as his owners sell him for stud duty — probably to a sheik."

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10:11 pm 5/04/08

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