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In his new book, "Crazy Good,'' Charles Leerhsen describes wading into the Credit River in Scott County, looking for a legend. He had been given, in strictest confidence, the approximate location of the spot where harness-racing hero Dan Patch had been buried nearly 100 years earlier. (09/06) More
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Horse racing in China not a good bet

The Barrie Examiner | 23/06/08 iMontacheval
This year's Summer Olympics in Beijing China promise to showcase the growing power and international influence of the largest populated country in the ... More

Champion race horse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, scientists find

The Canadian Press | 23/06/08 iMontacheval
Forensic scientists have proved the champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery which has intrigued the horse racing ... More

Big Brown has the final say

Los Angeles Times | 23/06/08 iMontacheval
The mystery surrounding Big Brown and his failure to win the Triple Crown continues. It didn't help that his trainer, Rick Dutrow Jr., snubbed Congress ... More

Ascot Takes Some Sexy Out Of Horse Racing

CBS News | 23/06/08 iMontacheval
Ladies and gentlemen, if you please. Fearful of slipping standards, officials at Royal Ascot, whose five-day horse racing carnival began this week, ... More

Fashion: Ascot gets on its high horse

Independent | 15/06/08 iMontacheval
So much for the "death of the dress code". As the racing world descends on Ascot on Tuesday, the organisers are keener than ever to raise the stakes ... More

Big hype, big flop, so what!

The Republican | 09/06/08 iMontacheval
Much has been written about the nation's disappointment over Big Brown's big flop. Horse racing needed him to win, we were told, to galvanize a proud ... More

Virtual horse racing coming to NZ?

The Stuff NZ | 09/06/08 iMontacheval
Odds are being displayed on a television monitor and the TAB is taking bets. The field is dispatched, the race is run and dividends are paid on the ... More

Racing industry should allow horses to mature

pressconnects.com | 09/06/08 iMontacheval
As a horseman for nearly 40 years, I looked forward with eager anticipation to this year's running of the Kentucky Derby. But my excitement was tempered ... More

Who's in your five?: Five best horse racing movies

USA Today | 09/06/08 iMontacheval
It is almost post time for the Belmont Stakes and Big Brown's pusuit of history. While we are waiting, here are five favorite movies about horse racing. 1. ... More

Horse forced to change profane name

UPI | 01/06/08 iMontacheval
Australian racing officials have forced a name change for a horse whose previous moniker was an Arabic phrase that translates to a popular profanity. Racing ... More

Early retirement steals horse racing's stars

Kentucky.com | 01/06/08 iMontacheval
Win or lose the Triple Crown, Big Brown is probably gone from racing after the Belmont Stakes. That's the belief of many, including those connected ... More

Horse-racing braces for new anti-doping rules

Vancouver Sun | 26/05/08 iMontacheval
Give a racing thoroughbred a pinch of baking soda or a shot of caffeine and chances are the stimulants will not only help it beat records but also break ... More

In horse racing, there's no consensus on track surfaces

Los Angeles Times | 19/05/08 iMontacheval
In the fractious sport of horse racing, even dirt can create controversy. The issue is dirt tracks versus synthetic surfaces, a debate that has come ... More

Horse performs somersault on race track

Telegraph | 19/05/08 iMontacheval
Jockey Anna-Katharina Bromann and her mount Schattenlady were racing in an event in Hanover when the horse's saddle began slipping down its flank. Clearly ... More

Toast to a 'beer-money horse'

Louisville Courier-Journal | 19/05/08 iMontacheval
John and Beau Greely originally called Tres Borrachos their "beer-money horse," one who didn't represent a big investment but might have provided some ... More

Remembering the great Dexter

US Trotting | 11/05/08 iMontacheval
The Dexter Cup is an annual tribute to the great trotter Dexter, who dominated harness racing in the mid-to-late 1860s and twice lowered the world record ... More

Changes in horse racing landscape cause more breakdowns

Chicago Sports | 11/05/08 iMontacheval
n one respect, less has become more during the 30 years since Affirmed became the last of racing's 11 Triple Crown winners, with Alydar battling him every ... More

Synthetic tracks are reducing horse fatalities

Newsday | 11/05/08 iMontacheval
Just as eight bells would signal, in maritime tradition, the end of one watch and the beginning of another, so did Eight Belles render a clarion call for ... More