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Breeders' Cup reverses policy on anti-bleeding medication
Under pressure from trainers and owners who support the use of the diuretic furosemide to prevent bleeding in race horses, the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors voted Friday to reverse a decision that would have banned the drug’s use for all...
Tags: Sports, Pharmaceuticals, Horse and Harness Racing, Chemical Industry, Breeders' Cup
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Trainers prepare to challenge Breeders' Cup lasix ban
In less than 10 months, the Breeders’ Cup returns to Santa Anita for its world championships, and trainer John Sadler said this past weekend there will be an attempt to reverse the decision to ban the anti-bleeding medication lasix from all horses...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Breeders' Cup
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To leading Canadian trainer, Lasix ban makes no horse sense
He wasn't exactly Peter Finch in the 1976 movie "Network," telling the world he was "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!" But thoroughbred trainer Mark Casse wasn't a happy camper Thursday. Casse, 51, one of Canada's leading trainers, with just...
Tags: Sports, Horse and Harness Racing, Lance Armstrong, Peter Finch
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Eight former champions entered in Breeders' Cup
Eight Breeders' Cup champions are among the 180 horses that have been pre-entered for the 29th Breeders' Cup World Championships set for Nov. 2-3 at Santa Anita. Final entries will be taken Monday. Game On Dude, a multiple Grade I winner trained by...
Tags: Sports, Kentucky Derby, Horse and Harness Racing, Equestrian
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Decoding 'Luck': Flirting with horses -- and disaster
Show TrackerIn this recap of epsiode 4 of HBO's "Luck," jockeys have sex, gamblers handicap the horses and Ace Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) tries to make a deal...
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