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The inspiration for the magazine series is the type of in-depth, high-quality journalism typified by the New Yorker--a void in thoroughbred publishing we hope to fill. We think you'll come away feeling not only educated, but entertained.

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The International Difference: Part III of A Painful Truth

"Welfare in Europe means to train the horse without any chemicals and make him race if he can face the challenge,” says France Galop's Dr. Roland Devolz. “In your country, welfare means to be allowed to use as many drugs as possible to ensure the horse will support training and race." Whose version is right? Part 3 of A Painful Truth examines North America's singular stance on medication.

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War On Drugs? Part II of A Painful Truth

Coronado Heights's career spanned six weeks and three races, but during the last 25 days of his life, he received 24 separate injections of nine different drugs, despite the fact that his veterinarian said he had no history of lameness. While the 21 catastrophic breakdowns at Aqueduct that winter have resulted in some changes in the medication rules in New York, part II of A Painful Truth looks at the hodgepodge of rules in racing jurisdictions across the U.S. and their vastly different penalties for chronic rule-breakers.

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A History of Drugs in Racing - Part I of A Painful Truth

Sir Barton was doped. No less an authority than John Hervey, the legendary journalist who wrote under the pen name Salvator, declared this, reluctantly, on Dec. 24, 1932, in the long-gone Thoroughbred Record. Where did we come from, and where are we going with medication reform? Read part one of a six-part TDN special magazine series on the movement for drug reform in U.S. racing.

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Horsing Around the Masai Mara

Richard Powell joins Offbeat Safaris, a gonzo riding outfit, to trek across Kenya's epic game reserve, camping beneath the stars and hanging onto his horses...

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Empire State of Mind

Get ready for the ‘new’ New York racing and breeding industry, where VLTs at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, are projected to generate astronomical gains for NYRA and its three tracks, as well as trainers, owners, breeders and stallion owners, and the state of New York itself.

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Mike Pegram: An Uncommon Common Man

As he walks around the casino floor at the Carson Valley Inn, Mike Pegram looks and acts like just another customer -- someone ready to play a few hands at the tables, hoping his luck and his money hold out long enough so that he can enjoy a couple of Coors Lights on the house. Or maybe he’s heading to the coffee shop, where you can get an awfully good meal for $7.99. He’s dressed as he’s always dressed, in jeans and a comfortable shirt off the rack at Sears, or some place like that. A couple of times he stops to chat with someone. Always with a smile on his face, he seems to know everyone in the place and everyone knows him. Never is he Mr. Pegram. Always just Mike. That’s what you see on the outside, the cover to the book on Pegram. Don’t let him fool you.

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Do We Need A Sturdier Racehorse?

In 1970, the year Secretariat was born, the average number of starts per runner per year was a healthy 10.22. Forego, born that same year, ran 57 times, including 18 starts in 1973. But even those numbers, remarkable by today’s standards, don’t put the mighty Forego in the same league with some of the true iron horses in the sport’s history. Hall of Famer Stymie started 131 times. In 2009, the average number of starts per horse was down to 6.23, a 39-percent decline over the 1970 numbers. The TDN takes a comprehensive look at why.

Congratulations to Bill Finley, winner of the 2010 Eclipse Award for excellence in news/enterprise writing for his piece, "Do We Need a Sturdier Racehorse?" published by the Thoroughbred Daily News as its November, 2010 magazine offering.

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South Africa: Racing's Best-Kept Secret

Part travelogue, part business story, "South Africa: Racing's Best-Kept Secret," will have you yearning to visit the country for one reason or another.

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Success Stories

Tired of reading all the stories of doom and gloom in the racing industry? So are we.

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Ground Control: The (Real) Truth About Synthetic Surfaces

Are synthetic racing surfaces good for horses, or bad? Are there fewer breakdowns, or more? Are they the future, or something that belongs in racing's past? The TDN sits down with the people at the forefront of the synthetic surface debate--those who love it, and those who hate it--and gets to the heart of one of racing's most controversial subjects. The answers may surprise you.

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Prescription for Racing - Summer 2009

We welcome you to the first edition of the Thoroughbred Daily News's new magazine series with our Summer, 2009 installment--Prescription for Racing. This piece offers a 37-page look at what 11 of the top industry leaders and thinkers feel are the most important elements required to save the sport of Thoroughbred racing. It is sponsored by TVG and Keeneland.

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