Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Churchill Downs to cease racing as it investigates 12 horse deathsJun 03, 2023 7:40 am - Churchill Downs will suspend racing operations on Wednesday and move the remainder of its spring meet to Ellis Park in order to conduct a "top-to-bottom" review of safet...
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Churchill Downs implements safety, performance standards to address recent spate of horse deathsJun 02, 2023 6:54 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs will limit horses to four starts during a rolling eight-week period and impose ineligibility standards for continued poor performance i...
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Race horse's death hours before Preakness extends sport's woes seen at Churchill DownsMay 20, 2023 11:29 pm - BALTIMORE - Death darkened the site of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, much as it had the site of the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago: A horse was euthanized after gettin...
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Baffert back from ban, wins Preakness with National Treasure after another horse euthanizedMay 21, 2023 4:55 pm - BALTIMORE - Bob Baffert choked back tears and his voice cracked while he tried to juggle the conflicting feelings of seeing one of his horses win the Preakness Stakes ho...
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O'Donnell: Arlington Park fans can take some comfort in so-so TV ratings of the '23 Kentucky DerbyMay 12, 2023 10:55 pm - TO THE REMAINING FANS of racing at Arlington Park, there could have been a dandy fantasy daily double on Kentucky Derby Day last weekend. First leg, Larry Rivelli's Chic...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rivelli says that the Preakness is a 'no go' for Two Phil'sMay 10, 2023 9:53 pm - PLEASE HOLD ALL Maryland crabcakes. Two days after his Two Phil's took a lead in the stretch of the Kentucky Derby before finishing a game second, trainer Larry Rive...
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What is horse racing doing to prevent catastrophic injuries?May 09, 2023 4:47 pm - The deaths of seven horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby has once again intensified the debate over the safety of horse racing. Two of the deaths occurred as the res...
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Jim O'Donnell: Like Duchossois, will Reinsdorf try and take his playground with him?May 08, 2023 6:31 pm - SOMETIME AROUND 1992, retired Arlington Park COO Sheldon Robbins - a brilliant businessman - predicted that if Dick Duchossois could one day take his regal racetrack wit...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratched from raceMay 06, 2023 11:20 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The early favorite for the Kentucky Derby was scratched Saturday hours before the race. Forte was declared out of the 149th Derby, according to Churchi...
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'On life support': How Illinois' horse racing industry is trying to survive after Arlington's closureMay 08, 2023 4:29 pm - The entry of Two Phil's into Saturday's Kentucky Derby may have been a bright spot in an otherwise bleak landscape for the Illinois horse racing industry. The 3-year-old...