Horse Racing News Blog

Tariq may target Queen Anne Stakes
Connections of Tariq are to give the Queen Anne Stakes 'very serious consideration' after the four-year-old made a pleasing return to action at Newbury on Saturday.

Kentucky racing officials hire medication director (AP)
A Florida veterinarian who has conducted a national investigation into breakdowns involving racehorses was tapped Monday as Kentucky’s first equine medical director, a post that will help advise on whether — and how — the state should impose steroid tests. The hiring of Dr. Mary Scollay, who has spent the past 13 years as senior veterinarian at Calder Race Course and Gulfstream Park, comes at a…

Dutrow: ‘So much in it for me I won’t need to bet.’ (AP)
Horse trainers make the best trash-talkers in sports, probably because they’ve usually got money where their mouths are. The sun was barely up on the day after Big Brown’s win at the Preakness by the time his handler was already stepping on, and over, the rest of the field on his way toward the Belmont and a Triple Crown.