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No debate regarding the use of the anti-bleeding drug furosemide (known as Salix or formerly Lasix) is complete without a call for more research.The Jockey Club pushed on this front during a recent meeting of the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council, where it lobbied for a study to look at the effectiveness of Salix given at different time ...

Someone asked me today to send them a link to the column I wrote five years ago about Yeats’ record-breaking fourth Ascot Gold Cup victory. That got me thinking about this year’s Gold Cup, which awakened those same feelings I felt back in 2009. Watching the favored Leading Light, from the same Ballydoyle Stable as Yeats, outfight and outlast The ...

SaturdayBelmont ParkThe Bed o' Roses Handicap, Race 9 By Mike BeerA Special Offer on Unlimited TimeformUS PPs for Bloodhorse Readers  Get Free PPs for the Bed o RosesThe Grade 3 Bed o' Roses drew a competitive field of 11 fillies and mares and, lacking a standout favorite in the field, may well be determined by who gets the seven furlongs ...

By Doug SalvatoreThe third race on Friday's card at Belmont Park is the 118th running of the Tremont Stakes. Tremont was one of the most remarkable two-year-olds in history. He finished his career a perfect 13-for-13 and did it by winning 13 different stakes races in a span of just 10 weeks, by an average margin of victory of nearly six ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Since the creation of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. I) in 2008, several new turf sprint races have been created at various tracks across the United States, giving great depth to the expanding division. The division has received an additional boost this year thanks to the creation of the $300,000 ...

By Nicole Sauer Fasig-Tipton's July yearling sale marks the beginning of the yearling sale season in North America. In the June issue of MarketWatch, we review the success of major yearling sales based on the racing performance of the yearlings they offered. The charts below illustrate the quality of yearlings offered based on the best level of ...

California Chrome’s co-owner Steve Coburn was obviously upset following his star’s loss in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Having soared so high with this colt he believed in heart and soul, the crash back to Earth was undoubtedly jarring. Since Coburn has apologized, let’s forget his ugly words to his competitors immediately following the race. ...

LAMINITIS DRUG TREATMENT SAVING HORSE'S LIVES Private Placement Offering Event Set for June 27th at Lone Star Park DENVER, Colorado -- June 13, 2014 - Willowcroft Pharm, Inc., developer of the successful laminitis drug treatment, Laminil, announced today that it is offering up to 60,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a price of $0.08333 ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') There is no race meet in the world quite like Royal Ascot. The five-day, thirty-race festival features some of the highest-class racing in all of Europe, and the participation of top jockeys, trainers, and owners is spectacular. The quality of the horses is also unquestionable, with names like Frankel and ...

STAMINA. PERFORMANCE. RECOVERY. GET THE COMPETITIVE EDGE!Horse Health Products Launches Two New Red Cell® Performance Supplements PHOENIX - June 9, 2014 - Regardless of the type of event, high performance horses require nutrients that are help improve stamina and performance to achieve peak results every ride. Now equestrians can keep their ...