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People working within a regulated industry don’t get to pick and choose the rules and regulations they will abide by and those they will not... it's not up to Pennsylvania veterinarian Dr. Allen Bonnell to decide what is and what is not cheating: https://buff.ly/3Xj2FZ1

Dr. Allen Bonnell told Pennsylvania investigators he gave the joint injections days before races and workouts to help protect horses: https://buff.ly/4hKVZLJ

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Toby Keeton and Heath Taylor have been summarily suspended by New Mexico officials: https://buff.ly/41eD3ig

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Owner/trainer William Pribble has been suspended for 18 months and fined $12,500 for allowing the suspended trainer Adolfo Macias to care for his Covered Horses at the Triple Diamonds Training Center in Lexington, Ky.: https://buff.ly/3EsedCH

Racing's first test of its opposition to the Florida decoupling bill didn't inspire a lot of confidence: https://buff.ly/4jOyxyh

Florida's horse racing industry was dealt another blow Wednesday when the Florida House Industries and Professional Activities Subcommittee passed a bill that would decouple slot machine casinos from live racing for Thoroughbred tracks: https://buff.ly/40KPZv1

As 2025 gets into full swing, it doesn't feel like this will be a bright year for horse racing: https://buff.ly/4hpp4Mo

Did you see the 9-day-old foal that sold with his mother at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale? Learn more about the youngster by Belmont Stakes winner Arcangelo. #RacingSky

Two anonymous sources told the Los Angeles Times that The Stronach Group has hired Keith Brackpool to explore selling it's 1/ST Racing division, including racetracks Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. and Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. https://buff.ly/3Q4Cphg

The Texas Racing Commission alleges that the non-FDA approved bronchodilator carmoterol and d-methamphetamine were found in 23 drug tests from horses running at Lone Star Park: https://buff.ly/3EiqwBI

Three Monty Arrossa-trained Quarter Horses tested positive for the drug carmoterol, a bronchodilator which never made it past clinical trials, including recent G1 winner American Dreamin: https://buff.ly/4gl0JGe

Lopez is named on overlapping mounts at Parx and Gulfstream on Thursday and overlapping mounts at Gulfstream and Aqueduct on Saturday: https://buff.ly/4givdbO

In the interest of fairness, all pending TCO2 cases originating in Pennsylvania have been withdrawn. For cases already resolved, HISA offered to return purse money, refund fines, notify Equibase to remove the disqualifications, and remove penalty points. https://buff.ly/40RylqB

Industry insiders worry that the move to shift HHR oversight away from the racing commission could have negative effects on a state which just saw Thoroughbred racing return in 2019: https://buff.ly/4aDCQZe

"This difficult decision was based upon an assessment of financial challenges incurred in the Golden State Racing meet at Pleasanton as well as current obstacles facing the horse racing industry." https://buff.ly/40E5ViH

What happens in Florida won’t likely stay in Florida. If HB 105 passes, it will embolden similar efforts in other states where live racing is coupled with gaming: https://buff.ly/40x0n9D

Sandman's jockey Cristian Torres said: "We lost the race at the start. He just stumbled out of there. He was standing perfect. It happens a lot in horse racing, but I’m happy the way he finished up. With all the training he missed (winter weather), he ran a big, big race." https://buff.ly/4ggmOWr

The best way to explain what’s happened to the legal challenges to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is that they have been indefinitely shelved by the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: https://buff.ly/3Eb9uVY

Ten inches of snow fell in New Orleans, La., which at least tied the record set in 1895, but thanks to the efforts of a dedicated track crew, Fair Grounds was able to resume live racing on Friday: https://buff.ly/40JTgvU

Ten inches of snow fell in New Orleans, La., which at least tied the record set in 1895, but thanks to the efforts of a dedicated track crew, Fair Grounds was able to resume live racing on Friday: https://buff.ly/40JTgvU

The 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner will begin his 6-year-old season in the $165,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint on Saturday: https://buff.ly/40TOFrb

Retired jockey Robby Albarado, exercise rider for Mystik Dan, believes the Kentucky Derby winner can prevail in this Saturday's Pegasus World Cup: https://buff.ly/3E7vyRg

Bill Bakert has spent his career helping racehorses feel their best from the inside out: https://buff.ly/3PJXHjM

Jacob West, bloodstock agent for owner/breeder Mike Repole, shares memories of Horse of the Year hopeful Fierceness as a yearling, and why he was scratched from the Keeneland September Sale: https://buff.ly/4hssU7d

Stewart's Resolute Racing now owns 230 Thoroughbreds, including six entrants on Pegasus World Cup day: https://buff.ly/4hnGUit

Claimed for $16,000 last April at Tampa Bay Downs, 7-year-old Harrow got a break from the races and returned in September. He's since gone two-for-three and will be making his stakes debut in Saturday's G3 McKnight at Gulfstream Park: https://bit.ly/4jintJP

Longtime Donegal Racing partner Keith P. Luke writes: "In light of the economic pressure to develop Gulfstream Park, reopening historic Hialeah Park is the smartest bet in Thoroughbred racing." https://buff.ly/3EdZ47Q

Top female jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson is continuing her recovery after a fall from a horse at Woodbine Oct. 25, 2024, sharing in a candid interview that she has struggled with the mental aspect over the last several months: https://buff.ly/42FdZ5x

Trainer Brad Cox aims to start the G3 Lecomte winner in either the G3 Risen Star on Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds or the G2 Rebel Stakes on Feb. 22 at Oaklawn: https://buff.ly/3CsJG77

The Thoroughbred industry should look at The Stronach Group’s grim threat to close Gulfstream Park as an opportunity to reimagine horse racing in South Florida, a state with a long, illustrious history of great racing and epic horseplayers: https://buff.ly/42l2cZV

The addition of the ion-mobility mass spectrometer will have no impact on Thoroughbred racing in the state for the moment, as the New York lab is not accredited by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit to test samples for HISA tracks: https://buff.ly/4h10Ho4

Alleged triggerman in killing said "Alfortish paid him for the murder," according to court documents filed in a plea agreement: https://buff.ly/4fXRo7b

Resolute Racing's John Stewart and his private-equity firm MiddleGround Capital have been named in a lawsuit alleging a "bad faith" refusal to pay $22 million in contractually due revenue shares: https://buff.ly/4aqPiLY

Golden Afternoon has made three starts, all on the turf. He won on debut at Kentucky Downs, ran second in the G2 Bourbon, and won an allowance at Fair Grounds. Now he'll move to the dirt on the Kentucky Derby trail: https://buff.ly/42dxGRD

Built is the morning-line favorite for the G3 Lecomte after his frontrunning win in the Gun Runner Stakes: https://buff.ly/42dxGRD

“You could have walked her off the farm and worked her half a mile and she would have said, ‘Sure, no problem,’ ” McPeek said. “She’s just a natural athlete. We’re going to give her a couple, three weeks of nice gallops." https://buff.ly/3PDHMUf

With or without the South Florida track's racing and gaming licenses being decoupled, representative of track owner says 2028 could be its final year: https://buff.ly/4gQfOAC

The G3 Iroquois winner didn't make much of an impact in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but returned to run second in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at the end of November: https://buff.ly/3PzJXs3

The trainer said he'll likely resume his career at NYRA tracks after his UAE contract expires: https://buff.ly/3E6Jsmx

Innovator, an Authentic colt who was narrowly beaten by subsequent Grade 2 winner Barnes at Churchill Downs, comes off a hard-fought maiden win at Oaklawn Park: https://buff.ly/4jhQQvt

Frank Mitchell examines some of the factors that put Into Mischief on another level from the rank-and-file on the sire list: https://buff.ly/4g1Ow9k

The 43-year-old Kosuke Matsumoto died after a collision at Sonoda Racecourse on Monday: https://buff.ly/4hgjRGb

A genetic test could follow to identify horses likely to have recurrent laryngeal neuropathy: https://buff.ly/3PX5HOR

Senor Buscador's owner/breeder Joey Peacock has been buying mares at this year's Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale under the name "Senor's Senoritas," stating the intentions for his new purchases: https://buff.ly/4af2lQv