Reports

HORSE RACING
Special Reports by Jane Allin

"Racehorses in America are the victims of a multi-billion dollar industry
that is rife with drug abuse, injuries, and death."

Breeding by the Numbers

Part 1: The Statistics

Part 2: In the Shed

Part 3: In the Ring

Breeding for Trouble

Part 1: Breeding for Breakdowns

Part 2: The Rise of the Ill-Fated Gene Pool

Part 3: Commercialization — The Descent of the Thoroughbred

Part 4: On the Brink of Extinction?

Racing Babies: Are Two Year Olds Too Young?

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Stages of Bone Growth in the Horse

Part 3: Effects of Training and Racing on the Immature Musculoskeletal System

Part 4: What Racing People Say: Fact or Fiction?

Part 5: The Verdict: Training Regimens - Too Much, Too Soon?

Racing through the Slaughter Pipeline

Part 1: Food for Thought

Part 2: The Racehorse as a Commodity

Part 3: A Convenient Alternative

Part 4: Racehorse Slaughter Knows No Boundaries

Part 5: Darkness at the End of the Pipeline

The Chemical Horse

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Historical Aspects

Part 3: The Inception of Drug Testing

Part 4: Drugs and Their Actions

Part 5: Policies and Tactics

Part 6: Class 3 Drugs — Performance Enhancing or Not?

Part 7: Class 4 Drugs — Harmless Therapeutics?
(Corticosteroids and Bute)

Part 8: The Unclassifieds
(Lasix and Milkshakes)

Part 9: The Call for Reform

Part 10: Who Rules?

Ground Matters: God’s Dirt versus Man-Made Synthetic

Part 1: Weighing the Controversy

Part 2: The North American Switch

Part 3: Synthetics vs Dirt - Pros and Cons

Part 4: Statistics and Safety - The Facts?

Part 5: Opposing Forces

Part 6: Today and Beyond