June 18, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Proposed ban on race day medications in Kentucky fails

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LEXINGTON, Ky. – A proposal to ban an anti-bleeding drug on race days in Kentucky lost by a nose on Monday in a debate dividing a hobbled thoroughbred industry struggling to preserve the Bluegrass state’s reputation as the nation’s horse capital. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ended the tense discussion [...]