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Deweycheatumnhowe wins Hambletonian

Deweycheatumnhowe captured the $1.5 million Hambletonian on Saturday, becoming the first unbeaten winner of the 3-year-old trotting classic.

The 2-5 favorite with a mouthful of a name extended his winning streak to 15 with a half-length

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Big Brown to Run for ReRun in Haskell

ReRun, a nonprofit adoption program for ex-racehorses, announced that owners IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr. will have Big Brown, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Preakness (both gr. I), participate in the

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Equine Welfare Heads Jockey Club Round Table Agenda

The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee, which in June issued its initial recommendations calling for the elimination of anabolic steroids in training and racing, a ban on toe grabs, and a series of whip-related reforms, will provide an

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Racehorse Brass Hat Sidelined by Suspensory Injury

Brass Hat has an injury that will keep him from training for the next three months, which means he could not race before 2009, even if all goes well. The 7-year-old gelded son of Prized suffered a strained suspensory ligament in his left leg.

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SmartPak Serves 150 Millionth Equine Supplement

Just a year and a half after they celebrated their 100 millionth SmartPak served, SmartPak Equine has reached the 150 million mark.

The patented SmartPak supplement feeding system has been adopted by thousands of barns and horse owners

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Special Report: Racehorse Durability

In this exclusive report, The Blood-Horse investigates whether the Thoroughbred racehorse is as tough today as it was 30 to 40 years ago. Editors of The Blood-Horse recently sought the answer to this question by producing a

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California Begins Ban on Racehorse Steroids

Effective Aug. 1, the California Horse Racing Board will strictly enforce all regulations concerning anabolic steroids and will no longer issue “unofficial notices” when the test samples reveal unauthorized levels of anabolic steroids. There has

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Jockey Club Launches Racehorse Injury Database

The Jockey Club has launched the Equine Injury Database system that will provide the racing industry with its first national database of racing injuries. The Equine Injury Database grew out of a proposal first put forth at the

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