And Down the Stretch They Come (Horse Racing)

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24 dead at Santa Anita.

They May Ban Racing at Santa Anita

Two things..

Statement from the Stronach Group which owns Santa Anita and other major tracks:
“The fact that horses running in America are five times more likely to suffer a catastrophic injury than horses running in international venues is unacceptable and must immediately change.”
North American horses are pharmaceutical experiments more than mammals. Trainers have been pumping these beasts full of god knows what for decades and decades.

And 2: Check out the crowd for The Santa Anita Derby last week. This is pretty much the biggest race on the west coast (when the Breeders isn't run there).

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I used to love horse racing - but no lessons have been learned by the people who run it in North America.
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A fitting end to the Breeders Cup:

Horse Dies In Breeders Cup Classic
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I like the name Art Collector. Strange thinking about preakness with no running of the portapotties or other infield madness.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:03 pm I like the name Art Collector. Strange thinking about preakness with no running of the portapotties or other infield madness.
Who are art collectors? Super-rich guys. Who owns (and names) race horses? Super-rich guys.

Kind of surprised that name hasn't been used previously.
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Holy shit!

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Secretariat much? What a ride. I love watching horses run, despite the untold cost.
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4 years for drugging horses. The Lance Armstrong case was such bigger news. For non-major sports it is interesting to compare considering both were big US DOJ type cases.
https://apnews.com/article/maximumsecur ... 2389f52a71
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:45 pm 4 years for drugging horses. The Lance Armstrong case was such bigger news. For non-major sports it is interesting to compare considering both were big US DOJ type cases.
https://apnews.com/article/maximumsecur ... 2389f52a71
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