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 ...Three thoughts from Orb's victory at the Kentucky Derby
SI.com
"I've always dreamed of this day, and it finally came." Orb fell behind early to 15th or 16th in the 19-horse race in the first half mile, but picked off horses in sloppy conditions. Orb was in prime position down the stretch in the middle of the track ...
ESPN.co.uk
CBS News
New Mexico Watchdog
Mid Columbia Tri City HeraldSoftware, 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 ...The 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 ...Mobile PETA Ads At Churchill Downs Highlight Animal Abuse In Horse Racing ...
SportsGrid
In not-at-all-surprising-news, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are not fans of horse racing. Their case? Well, on average, 24 horses die a week at race tracks around the country, according to a NY Times article published last year. That's ...
