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Rick Dawson, owner of Rich Strike and RED TR-Racing, said the horse will skip the next stop of the Triple Crown and get some rest before the third race in the series, the Belmont Stakes, in New York.

A newly formed regulatory authority for horse racing is introducing new standards for the sport. Some stakeholders are pushing back.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission determined Monday that Medina Spirit had betamethasone in his blood, and is now disqualified from last year's race.

Against long odds, Rombauer won the second leg of the Triple Crown in Baltimore on Saturday at the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes.

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It's the latest drug test failure for trainer Bob Baffert's horses. He denies any wrongdoing.

Churchill Downs, the racing venue, said it worked with health officials to develop a plan that would allow the race to take place amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

M C Hamster, a filly, was injured this week in a training run at the southern California racetrack. She was later put down. It's the latest in a series of horse deaths at the track since 2018.

Two horses sustained severe injuries at the racetrack and were euthanized. Since late December, there have been 36 fatal incidents at the park.

The weekend deaths of the two horses bring the number of animals that have died at the track since December to 29. But the California park says it will remain open until racing season ends June 23.