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Big Brown Uses Steroids: Should We Care?

The Preakness will be run in about six hours, and there are two big stories: Big Brown's status as the overwhelming favorite, and the death of Eight Belles raising renewed questions about the safety of racehorses. Those two stories have come together in the last few days as Big Brown's trainer, Rick Dutrow, has come under...

Barbaro, Eight Belles Shared an Ancestor: Are Native Dancer's Genes to Blame?

The racehorse Native Dancer, who won the Preakness and Belmont in 1953, was so successful after being put out to stud that thousands of thoroughbreds share him as a common ancestor. But since two of those thoroughbreds were Barbaro and Eight Belles, some horse racing observers are wondering whether Native Dancer is passing...

Chicago Tribune Uses Death of Eight Belles for Stupid Hillary Clinton Editorial

A couple of hours after the death of Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby, the political blogger Kevin Drum wrote this:Hillary Clinton chose filly Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby today. Instead, EB came in second and then had to be euthanized after breaking both ankles right after crossing the finish line. So here's...

PETA Plans Preakness Protest

As much as anything else, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is known for its outlandish protests. So the fact that PETA is planning a protest at the Preakness Stakes can't be welcome news for the organizers of the next leg in the Triple Crown.From William C. Rhoden of the New York Times: PETA staged protests...

Eight Belles' Death at Kentucky Derby Should Lead to Ban on Race-Day Drugs

The death of Eight Belles in Saturday's Kentucky Derby has led to calls for action, some of which make sense (banning the whip), and some of which do not (suspending jockey Gabriel Saez).One proposal that makes so much sense that I'm surprised it hasn't happened a long time ago is banning trainers from drugging their...