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With Racing's Doping Scandal, Time to Drain the Swamp

Seven trainers, including two of the biggest names in the sport in Jason Servis and Jorge Navarro, are among 27 individuals indicted for doping horses. The scheme involves Eclipse Award winner Maximum Security (New Year's Day), G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner X Y Jet (Kantharos), exotic drugs you've never heard of and the killing of horses to hide the evidence. It does not get any uglier. With this, coming on top of the breakdowns and fatalities at Santa Anita, many were left to wonder if the sport can survive another...

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G1SW X Y Jet Dies

X Y Jet (Kantharos), winner of the G1 Golden Shaheen last March, died of a heart attack Wednesday morning, according to Jorge Navarro. He was eight years old. Navarro issued the statement via his website jorgenavarroracingstable.com. "Since his arrival at my stable at the end of 2014, I immediately felt that connection with him, which remained until today and will surely remain with me until the day of my departure," said Navarro. Initially trained by Antonio Sano, the grey was gelded after joining Navarro in the winter of 2014 and...

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