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Secret To Success: a Derby Win and Racing’s Doping Addiction

by Ryan Goldberg, ProPublica. On looks alone, Northern Dancer did not stand out as he entered the starting gate for…
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Legislation to Eliminate Soring Introduced in the House

Press Release from The American Horse Council: On March 30, 2017, Representatives Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) re-…
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Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) in Horses

  By Neely Walker, PhD. Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO), formerly known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or Heaves, is…
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Introducing the Retired Racehorse Project

By Emily McAtee. Two years ago, a colt called American Pharaoh won the Triple Crown: the first horse to do…
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Collecting the Stallion from the Ground

By George Newtown.  Our Oldenburg stallion Balanchine knows that, whenever Dr. Bobby Hewlett locks eyes with him at stall #1…
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Update on the Maternal Grandsire Effect

  By Jenny L. Sones, DVM, PhD, DACT.   For many years horsemen and women have witnessed a phenomenon known…
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