May 20, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Need for federal oversight of horse racing debated

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Top horse racing industry figures took different sides before Congress on Thursday over whether the sport needs federal oversight to ban doping. “We need a new and tougher federal law,” said Barry Irwin, whose Team Valor ownership group won last year’s Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom. He said at a Senate Commerce [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Harness driver Palone on verge of victory record

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — If you took one victory for every day of Dave Palone’s life from the time he was 8 years old, and added them up, it would about equal the number of wins Palone has racked up in his career as one of the greatest harness racing drivers of all time. [...]

Collapsed deal poses new threat to New Jersey horse racing

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Chris Christie issued an ultimatum to New Jersey’s Thoroughbred horse owners Monday, telling them they had a week to come up with a new deal in order to save horse racing in the state. Christie blamed the owners for causing a private investor to pull out of an agreement to [...]