1st female Grand National champ Blackmore retires

Horse racing officials and industry activists are hailing the passage and signing of a safety and integrity bill that will standardize medication and doping rules in an effort to make the sport safer and fairer. The bill gives an independent panel authority to set uniform, national medication, drug and track safety standards to be enforced by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. ”This is a monumental step forward that will help secure the future of thoroughbred racing in the United States,” New York Racing Association president and CEO Dave O’Rourke said.

Trainer Bill Mott was still feeling his way through complicated emotions Sunday, a day after his Country House won the Kentucky Derby when first-past-the-post Maximum Security was disqualified. The sensational outcome — a first in the 145-year history of the Kentucky Derby — promises to rumble on