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Former trainer Michael Dickinson has put his custom-designed Tapeta Farm on the market for an undisclosed price
Jockey Club commissions Thoroughbred Safety Committee... NTRA schedules speical meeting to examine safety
Will NYC OTB revival plan cost NYRA millions?
Dutrow expecting a 'bounce' from big sheets-number in Derby win: "He's got to react. He's not going to run a minus-1 again. But I'm figuring if he runs like a 5, he can still win the race."
Haskin's Ky Derby aftermath: Final thoughts
White: Ky Derby recap notes
Single ticket sold in Nevada takes down entire pool in Wed's carryover P6 at Churchill... Pays $1.1mil as sequence ends with 49-1 upsetter
Balt Sun: Magna unlikely to meet deadline... Pimlico owner owes $180 million in loans by end of month
Canadian newspaper critical: It is hard to make money in a Frank Stronach enterprise these days. Except if your name is Frank Stronach
Bay Meadows: Track's last lap... "I'll have tears in my eyes when it closes."
Eight Belles jockey vehemently denies wrongdoing
Jumps: Wow! 50,000 attended Virginia Gold Cup Races last Saturday
Lipper: "All PETA is doing is making noise and an idiot of itself."
Hancock: "The real problem with the horse industry is that nobody is in charge. We are a rudderless ship..."
Douglass: "So the wussification of America continues... If everyone in this country was as concerned about the ethical treatment of people as they are the ethical treatment of animals, this might actually be a better world to live in."
Ambrose: Horse racing -- "Reformed? Yes, in some ways. But outlawed? Why?"
Bossert: "The answer must come from the inside, not from those who spend 99% on the outside."
Fans, sponsors say sport will survive Eight Belles tragedy
>P Val gets fine and probation on DUI charge
Canadian Racing Hall of Fame noms announced
>>> VIDEO: Jill Byrne addresses Eight Belles fatality on Tuesday night's "O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News
>>> AUDIO: PBS' 'Newshour' from Monday covers Eight Belles breakdown -- with Andy Beyer debating NY Times' William Rhoden
Curlin possible for June 14 G1 Foster at Churchill
Derby win by Big Brown bittersweet for horse's first trainer, "I could've used the exposure this horse would have given me"
Plonk: The convicted drug offenders have now swept racing's Holy Grail... The inmates officially are running the asylum
Monmouth set for Friday opening
NY: Synthetic racetrack forum planned for July
Ky Derby draws its 2nd-largest TV audience in 17 years
Ky Derby TV ratings 1975-2008
Hong Kong's new jockey challege wager adding excitement to daily betting menu
Montana Lottery developing statewide fantasy football game to raise money to subsidize the sport
Former trainer [now synthetic surface salesman] Michael Dickinson has called for Churchill Downs to switch to a synthetic surface
NJ: Permanent-fix needed for racing industry
Churchill ADW dispute lingers... "We must be prepared. These disputes could continue into next year."
Purse cuts planned at CDI-owned tracks
Churchill turns profit in normally slow 1st quarter
Pricci: Remembering Hall of Famer Frank Whiteley and the legendary Ruffian
Magna Ent 1st-quarter net loss swells to $46.5 mil
Eight Belles' owner would like to see a racing commissioner: "Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying the accident could have been avoided if we had a commissioner," but having an authority figure could "get everybody on the same page."
NTRA prez asks fans to respond: "I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on what you believe racing should do in the wake of Eight Belles' death."
Wall Street Journal: Good idea slow to progress... Database that would allow breeders "to help identify which bloodlines are inclined to produce horses that are durable" still not complete 19 months after initiation, "I will admit to some disappointment that we haven't
been able to produce it quicker."
Sulky side is safer: "Harness horses don't have the same bone structure as thoroughbreds."
Eight Belles' jock issues statement: "I remain heartbroken..."
Lexington newspaper editor reacts to reader response to Eight Belles photos: "A picture is worth a thousand words, and images can move people more readily than words alone."
Wall: Debate on track surface revived
Synthetic tracks safer, but have their drawbacks
Q&A: UC Davis equine specialists debate thoroughbreds' safety: "To people who know horses well, today's race horses also look different. They tend to have heavier muscles behind and lighter bones in their lower leg."
UC Davis works to end fatal horse injuries... Lab has fifteen scientists hoping to prevent deaths
Racing deaths have industry looking for some answers... Horse durability, track surfaces are studied; no quick fix likely
PETA protest in Ky on Tuesday countered by equal number of racing supporters
Canadian scribe sniffs at Derby's winning trainer: "The history [at Woodbine] is the problem even more so than Dutrow's career list of suspensions, which is long and impressive."
Balt Sun: Pimlico -- Slowing on the home stretch... Racing fan, "The interest is waning. Look around in here. Everybody is old."
Melbourne Cup prizemoney increases to $AUS5.5 million [US$5.21mil] -- second-richest turf race in the world
Economics: It's not just horse-racing... Vegas casinos facing tough times as well
China: College to offer major in the horse racing industry
Presque Isle meet begins Friday
VIDEO: Trainer Larry Jones adddresses the media on Tuesday [sidebar column]
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Frankie Dettori admits his probable ride in next month's Vodafone Derby is up in the air
Finsceal Beo to lead Gold Cup defence at Curragh
Aidan O'Brien believes the Vodafone Derby must be a 'big consideration' for Henrythenavigator
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