The Exile Ends: Bob Baffert Steps Back Into the Kentucky Derby The legendary trainer’s three-year ban from Churchill Downs is over, but the controversy and questions about his legacy still linger. Sports Illustrated · May 2, 2025
Anti-doping crusade gives US horse racing final chance to clean up act The high-profile Breeders’ Cup meeting next weekend will be the first since the new measures on drugs and track safety The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority says progress is being made in the sport Industry leaders are defending and praising the work of the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Authority in the aftermath of a competing piece of legislation being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023
‘Emergency summit’ on Churchill Downs horse deaths underway in Lexington After the deaths of a dozen horses at Churchill Downs in less than a month, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority – or HISA – is holding an emergency summit at HISA headquarters in Lexington. WEKU · May 30, 2023
Horse racing poised for new antidoping, medication rules Horse racing’s new antidoping and medication control program has stumbled out of the starting gate The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
Four horses die in Kentucky before iconic derby The Derby is scheduled to be run on Saturday The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
The week marks the start of new anti-doping regulations in horse racing It’s officially a new day when it comes to determining if medications given to racehorses are proper or not. New and enhanced anti-doping regulations took effect Monday at tracks all across the country. WEKU · Mar 28, 2023
Preakness 2022: On the eve of a more normal event, horse racing industry looks for hope in wake of a ‘very rough’ year BALTIMORE — One year ago, Medina Spirit entered the Preakness with a dark cloud over him — the Kentucky Derby champion whose defining victory was in peril because of a medication violation and whose famous trainer, Bob Baffert, was facing suspensions in multiple jurisdictions. Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022