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Olympic Rematch Set for 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas
Anky Van Grunsven and Isabell Werth head entry list for Dressage World Cup Final

The Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge 2009
Cartier to Officially Inaugurate it's opening of Cartier largest boutique in the Middle East

Kentucky Derby creates new qualifying race
Churchill Downs has partnered with Kempton Park Racecourse in England to create the $150,000 Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile race over Kempton's synthetic surface that will guarantee the winner a spot in next year's Derby. Visit Associated Press Website

Kentucky racing regulators vote to ban steroids
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky horse racing regulators have approved a major ban on anabolic steroids that could outlaw the drugs for next year's Kentucky Derby and other races in the state... Visit Associated Press Website

AP finds 5K horse deaths since '03
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. reported more than three horse deaths a day last year and 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track, according to an Associated Press survey Visit Associated Press Website

Rough Events at Mexican Rodeos in U.S. Criticized
Let others have their golf and their swimming holes. Here in the Central Valley of California, and in Winnemucca, Nev., and Joliet, Ill., a growing number of middle-class Mexican-Americans spend lazy summer afternoons at the charreada — part rodeo, part fiesta and one of Mexico’s most revered sporting events, dating to the 17th century. Visit New York Times Website

Big Brown Tires as Triple Crown Drought Continues
This was supposed to be the day a proud but tattered old sport was to be suspended in a state of pure beauty and awe. Big Brown, the undefeated colt who had crushed all comers, was supposed to run off with the Belmont Stakes and be anointed Saturday as the 12th Triple Crown champion and the first since Affirmed in 1978 Visit New York Times Website

Da' Tara wins Belmont Stakes
Big Brown fails in his bid to win the Triple Crown, falling back and finishing last... Visit Los Angeles Times Website

Big Brown Free of Steroids, Trainer Says
Big Brown will start from the No. 1 hole Saturday at the Belmont Stakes when the colt tries to win the Triple Crown as a 2-5 favorite... Visit New York Times Website

Big Brown to break from No. 1 post in Belmont
NEW YORK - Big Brown is No. 1 again before he even stampedes out of the gate at the Belmont Stakes... Visit Associated Press Website

Big Brown does well in final pre-Belmont workout
NEW YORK - Big Brown's cracked left front hoof is improving daily and held up well Tuesday in his final workout before the Belmont Stakes and his bid for the Triple Crown.... Visit Associated Press Website

Patching up Big Brown's cracked front hoof
NEW YORK - Before Big Brown can make a run at winning the Triple Crown, his slightly cracked left front hoof needs some final work.... Visit Associated Press Website

Dutrow expects Big Brown to win Triple Crown
NEW YORK - Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. held nothing back, saying it's a "foregone conclusion" Big Brown will win the Triple Crown.... Visit Associated Press Website

Big Brown resumes training for Belmont
NEW YORK - A jog around the racetrack was all trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. needed to see before declaring Big Brown back - and maybe better than before.... Visit Associated Press Website

Big Brown one step from history after running away to Preakness victory
His commanding 5 1/4-length win sends him to the Belmont with a clear shot at the Triple Crown. Visit Los Angeles Times Website

Derby Winner Cruises to Victory at Preakness
The chart is going to say Big Brown soared to a five-and-a-quarter-length victory in the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes. Anyone who watched the big bay colt with a celestial stride here or on television knows he could have won by 12 lengths... Visit New York Times Website

Gayego joins Preakness lineup
BALTIMORE - Looks like Big Brown won't be the lone Kentucky Derby horse in the Preakness after all... Visit Associated Press Website

Jockey Club creates safety committee to study equine health
NEW YORK - The Jockey Club has formed a committee to study equine health, including track safety and the rules of racing, five days after the death of the filly Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby.... Visit Associated Press Website

Trainer: Eight Belles was not on steroids
STANTON, Del. - The trainer of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles on Tuesday ordered drug testing as part of the autopsy, intent on dispelling any suggestion the fallen filly may have been on steroids.... Visit Associated Press Website

PETA wants Eight Belles jockey suspended after filly's death
NORFOLK, Va. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Visit Forbes Website

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