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Kentucky Derby Marred By Controversy - Only A Game
The 140th running of the Kentucky Derby is this weekend. This year's event is swirling in controversy after PETA released a video accusing a trainer of horse cruelty. The New York Time's Joe Drape joins Bill Littlefield to discuss the upcoming race and surrounding events.
http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2014/05/03/kentucky-derby-controversy
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The Most Shocking Horse Racing Scandals In History
Horse racing is one of America's oldest traditions, showcasing history, grandeur and beautiful athletes. However 'the sport of kings' is tainted by many scandals.
http://betoclock.com/most-shocking-horse-racing-scandals/
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Cobalt Use in Racehorses - TheHorse
Regulators are paying close attention to this seemingly innocuous trace mineral found in B vitamins. Find out why.
https://www.thehorse.com/articles/35452/cobalt-use-in-racehorses
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Debate Heats Up as Big Brown Is Among Belmont Horses on Steroids
When Big Brown and his rivals compete in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, horse racing will still be in the midst of its steroid era.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/sports/othersports/02steroids.html?fta=y
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Anabolic Steroids Still Issue in U.S. Racing
In 2014, U.S. horse racing appeared on pace to register its fewest positive drug tests for anabolic steroids since the industry moved to outlaw the drugs from racing in 2008-09. But recent events in Maryland changed that.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90121/anabolic-steroids-still-issue-in-us-racing
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The Ugly Truth About Horse Racing - The Atlantic
An expos by PETA, published in The New York Times, shows a side of the sport that the industry has tried hard to shield from public view.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-ugly-truth-about-horse-racing/284594/
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Drug Testing - Horses
Regulators are paying close attention to this seemingly innocuous trace mineral found in B vitamins. Find out why.
http://www.thehorse.com/topics/welfare-and-industry/horse-industry-controversies/drug-testing
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Horse Murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The horse murders scandal refers to cases of insurance fraud in the United States in which expensive horses, many of them show jumpers, were insured against death, accident, or disease, and then killed to collect the insurance money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_murders
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Fine Cotton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fine Cotton was a brown Australian Thoroughbred gelding which was at the centre of a substitution scam which occurred on 18 August 1984, in the Commerce Novice Handicap over 1,500 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Queensland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Cotton
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2002 Breeders' Cup Betting Scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2002 Breeders' Cup betting scandal was an incident that arose when computer programmer Chris Harn conspired with two friends, Derrick Davis and Glen DaSilva, to manipulate bets in the 2002 Breeders' Cup, held at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Breeders%27_Cup_betting_scandal
