Joe Drape
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Lisa Lazarus Wants to Convince You that Horse Racing Is Clean
Lisa Lazarus is the chief executive of a new organization created by Congress whose job is to eliminate doping and abuse in thoroughbred racing.
Early Voting Wins Preakness Stakes
He held off Epicenter to win the middle race of the Triple Crown series.
D. Wayne Lukas’s Hopes Ride on Secret Oath at the Preakness
The 86-year-old trainer has saddled 45 horses in the race during his long career. Will Secret Oath give him his seventh Preakness and 15th Triple...
Rich Strike, Winner of the Kentucky Derby, Will Skip the Preakness
Rich Strike’s owner said he had decided not to push the horse to run only two weeks after it came out of nowhere to win...
Horse Racing Needed Some Inspiration, and Rich Strike Supplied It
The colt’s jockey, trainer and owner are anything but racing royalty, but they are the kind of story the sport needs right now.
Rich Strike, Kentucky Derby Long Shot, Wins in Stunning Upset
At the Kentucky Derby, the 80-1 long shot Rich Strike showed that horse racing isn’t just for the humans and horses with fancy pedigrees.
Racing Still Mourns the Ill-Fated Kentucky Derby Winner, Medina Spirit
The little colt with the star on his forehead shocked the world a year ago by winning the Kentucky Derby. Those who knew and loved...
Bob Baffert Could Be Barred From New York Tracks for Two Years
A hearing officer recommended the penalty be issued after regulators in three states found him guilty of violating drug regulations.
Medina Spirit Stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win
The horse’s trainer, Bob Baffert, was suspended and fined after his horse failed a postrace drug test last year.
A Heart Attack, Not Drugs, Killed Medina Spirit, a Necropsy Finds
But the report was inconclusive. The colt, who tested positive for a banned substance last May after winning the Kentucky Derby, collapsed after a workout...