California
In a highly unusual action, a La Jolla eye doctor and a group of his patients have sued the state attorney general’s office, as well as witnesses, hoping to reinstate the physician’s suspended medical license.
Oct. 2, 1992
Obituaries
The owner of Juddmonte Farms bred superstar racehorses around the world.
Jan. 12, 2021
World & Nation
Fourteen racehorses were burned to death overnight when fire swept through the stables of the Club Hipico, Santiago’s premier race track, club officials said today.
April 9, 1986
Twenty-three racehorses, worth more than $760,000 were killed overnight in two separate stable fires in Australia, police said today.
Oct. 17, 1989
Sports
The injuries began in February, when top Kentucky Derby candidate Grand Canyon developed a knee problem that led to his retirement.
Nov. 1, 1990
A Silver Spring, Md., veterinary researcher claims to have isolated an abnormality of the red blood cells that he believes to be the cause not only of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in racehorses but of other exercise-induced maladies common in racehorses.
Sept. 6, 1990
A $35,000 racehorse being taken to a track in New Jersey was killed when the trailer carrying it jackknifed into a guardrail on Interstate 95, throwing it down an embankment.
Jan. 20, 1989
Bleeding in race horses--a common syndrome at most tracks--has been identified as a possible major cause of sudden death in a controversial new study that concludes the phenomenon may explain many race-horse deaths previously thought to be heart attacks.
July 24, 1988
Vic Rail, a leading horse trainer, died Tuesday, a week after he was stricken by a virus with symptoms similar to one that has killed 14 racehorses.
Sept. 28, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
Julian Allen, 55, magazine illustrator who created postage stamps featuring blues singers.
Oct. 2, 1998