Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block slammed & damned Baffert in 2018 for allegedly drugging Triple Crown winner Justify, praised him in 2020 for support of the Horseracing Integrity Act, & has slammed & damned him again since then. BALTIMORE, Maryland––Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s horse National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes […]
Pimlico death again raises question: why do bettors favor beaten horses?
Did “a right-handed rousing” contribute to winning horse’s apparent cardiovascular collapse? BALTIMORE, Maryland––“Rallied under a right-handed rousing” by jockey Horacio Karamanos, according to the Pimlico Race Course chart-writer, the official record-keeper for the race, Homeboykris charged from behind to win the first race of the May 21, 2016 card culminating in the Preakness Stakes, the second […]