Saratoga Springs, New York No telling what condition Big Brown is in after his less than impressive Haskell Invitational but Michael Iavarone, who head IEAH Stable, backed down in the face of a challenge from Curlin’s owner, Jess Jackson, to face what is considered the world’s best horse on dirt in the...

Saratoga Springs, New York The level of classless, distasteful ignorance of which Rick Dutrow, trainer of Big Brown and other prominent horses, is capable is astounding. To wit: “Curlin couldn't win the Derby, we could. Curlin couldn't win this race, we could. Curlin got beat [by] a filly. We...

Have we had enough yet? A horse trained by Rick Dutrow, the Darth Vader of racing, tests positive for twice the prescribed limit of clenbuterol in Kentucky. A Steve Asmussen-trained horse tests positive for lidocaine in Texas. Jeremy Rose slashes a mare across the eye in a race at Delaware Park and is...