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Tiger Woods lines up his birdie putt on the par 3 12th hole during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 3, 2012 in Dublin, Ohio. (June 2, 2012 – Source: Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — ELMONT, N.Y. – [...]
Trainer Doug O’Neil walks with I’ll Have Another during a press conference outside of barn two on June 8, 2012 in Elmont, New York. It was announced earlier in the day that I’ll Have Another has been scratched from the 2012 Belmont Stakes, ending his bid for a Triple Crown. (June 7, 2012 – Source: [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The affable man with the horse that may become the first Triple Crown winner in more than a generation can’t seem to outrun his unflattering nickname: “Drug” O’Neill. But Doug O’Neill is far from the only trainer in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes with a history of improperly medicated horses. The Associated Press [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll Have Another went into lockdown on Wednesday, moving into a secured barn shortly after the colt was made the early 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes in his quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and first in 34 years. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was the [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) — Despite vigorously denying he gave one of his horses an illegal performance-enhancing mixture, trainer Doug O’Neill was suspended 45 days – a ban that won’t take effect until after his superstar colt, I’ll Have Another, tries to win the Triple Crown. After a nearly two-year legal battle, California racing officials agreed [...]
(Reuters) – The New York Racing Association has been temporarily placed under state control following the suspension last month of its president over allegations it had short-changed gamblers, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. Cuomo said he was dissolving the NYRA’s board and creating a “reorganization board” to search for new leaders of the association, [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI Horse Analyst – Gene Menez) — Before we get to the meat and potatoes of this story — the Preakness Stakes selections below — a review of the 138th Kentucky Derby is in order. The pace at Churchill Downs two weeks ago played out even hotter than expected, with Bodemeister winging the [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) —- All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I’ll Have Another will have a chance to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years if he [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — BALTIMORE – The only certainty entering the 137th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course is that it won’t look anything like the Kentucky Derby. I’ll Have Another enjoyed the luxury of sitting comfortably off the pace in the early going while Bodemeister set scorching fractions in the Run [...]
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Track Talk: Activists say horse-slaughter plants face a rough ride / Giant Ryan put down
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Now that Congress has lifted the ban on slaughtering horses, companies plan to open horse-slaughter plants in several states, but animal rights activists say they face a rough ride. Businesses have filed applications in New Mexico and Missouri and plan to open other facilities in Wyoming and Oklahoma. Horse-slaughter advocates [...]