Friday, December 6, 2013

Screening horses for ailments, doping ahead of Preakness a 'sophisticated' task Spate of deaths, ongoing doping concerns prompt complex security response at Pimlico David Zipf, Chief Veterinarian of the Maryland Racing Commission, will check all the Preakness entries for health and soundness before the race. David Zipf, Chief Veterinarian of the Maryland Racing Commission,… (Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore…) May 16, 2013|By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun

In a pair of low-slung green stables manned by security guards and watched by 24-hour surveillance cameras, a pack of brawny young horses will be monitored, poked and assessed down to the blood in their veins.
The horses set to race in the 138th Preakness are to be kept under a microscope from their arrival at Pimlico Race Course until they burst from their starting gates Saturday — not only to avoid injury but also scandal.

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