Racing Articles
PETA Kentucky Derby Billboard Protests Horse Racing Drug Use, Draws ...
Huffington Post
Guillermo told HuffPost that the People For Ethical Treatment Of Animals isn't calling for the abolition of horse racing; it wants to make it safer. One way to accomplish this, PETA suggests, is by ending the administration of painkillers and other ...In Defense of Horse Racing
TIME (blog)
Sportswriters, op-ed scribes and cultural critics have been drafting horse racing's obituary for years. Attendance at U.S. tracks has plummeted to distressing, all-time lows. Drug problems — in both humans and horses — plague the industry. Aside from ...
ABC News
New Mexico WatchdogThe wide-open 139th Kentucky Derby filled with uplifting stories
SI.com
Another Pletcher horse, Overanalyze, is owned by gregarious millionaire Mike Repole, 44, who jumped into racing in 2007 after selling his and his partner's bottled water company, Glaceau (maker of Vitaminwater and Smartwater) to Coca-Cola for $4.4 ...DERBY LIVE: Orb wins after surging among bettors
MiamiHerald.com
The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs had a field of 19 horses, with Orb topping the field in just over two minutes. He's the newest contender for a Triple Crown in thoroughbred racing. The Preakness follows in two weeks and the ...
Mid Columbia Tri City HeraldTough day for horses that ran in Florida
MiamiHerald.com
Orb's impressive victory in Saturday's Kentucky Derby overshadowed what otherwise was a disappointing race for several horses that ran at Gulfstream Park this year. Charming Kitten finished ninth for the second-best finish among the seven Kentucky ...Software, meet horse racing: Derby Jackpot brings off-track betting to the ...
PandoDaily (blog)
Brothers Tom and Walter Hessert found this out through their brother, who is involved in the horse racing community. In January they launched Derby Jackpot, a social media-injected online horse race betting site. Now, just in time for Saturday's ...Horse racing-Kentucky Derby winner Orb
Yahoo! Sports
Already inducted into the Hall of Fame, the 62-year-old had won most of America's major races but the Kentucky Derby had eluded him until now. * Orb is owned by Stuart Janney and Dinny Phipps, cousins from one of America's most famous racing families.
