Tracks Set to Monitor Injuries to Horses
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Just over a year after Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his leg in the Preakness, 30 racetracks across the country are set to launch a program to record on-track injuries to horses.
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When the starting gate opens, it's a pretty safe bet all the horses running will immediately get a pretty good view of the rear end of Southwestern Heat. For a half-mile, there likely isn't a faster horse in Maryland and few as quick in the country.
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IRELANDâS only gold medal of the Athens Olympics will depend on a drugs test in New York on the blood sample given by Waterford Crystal, the horse on which Cian OâConnor won the showjumping title.
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Authorities are investigating whether bettors at New York&#39;s top thoroughbred tracks were properly informed when jockeys came in overweight at races, a source familiar with the probe told The Associated Press.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No stranger to injuries, a href=&quot;http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=1025&quot;&gt;Brett Favre can add another ailment to his list: a charley horse-type injury on his left leg to go with a long-term bum left shoulder.
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The 10th running of the Virginia Derby on Saturday at Colonial Downs has become the primary target of any trainer with a top-quality 3-year-old turf horse.
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Authorities are investigating whether bettors at New York's top thoroughbred tracks were properly informed when jockeys came in overweight at races, a source familiar with the probe told The Associated Press.
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Hialeah becomes the first horse-racing track to install a photo-finish camera. It's a big refinement for the "sport of kings."
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A series of 'field hospitals' will be set up to treat injured party-goers in Wales during the festive season.
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The inquiry into the Cumbria rail crash in which one person died will focus on a set of points, police say.
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Investigators are to begin an examination of a site where two people died in a collision involving two aircraft.
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If D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Bobby Frankel, Jerry Bailey and Pat Day are at the same track on the same day, it must be the Breeders&#39; Cup.
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A preliminary probe into a fatal high-speed train crash focused on a pair of points just ahead of the site, where a vital &quot;stretcher bar&quot; was missing, accident investigators said Monday.
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Suffolk Downs must apply to the state commission for 2005 racing dates by Oct. 1, and management intends to seek a schedule similar to this year's, with some modifications.
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A federal effort to quickly pinpoint and contain outbreaks of disease among livestock is coming under attack.
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The four major tracks in Massachusetts filed for 2005 racing dates with the state racing commission yesterday, one day in advance of the deadline.
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Rain and strong winds in the Australian city of Melbourne is expected to bring a swag of international horses back into contention for the nation&#39;s best known horse race, the Melbourne Cup.