Although I usually find your site interesting. It is amazing that you have had no further infoabout the horriffic condition of the horses on Center Brook farms and the arrest of their owner Ernie Parragello. I hope he is not being protected by your publications, since I have seen first hand the horrific conditions these horses are "living" in.
Eight Belles article is interesting. Horses have broken down in the past and will continue to do so in the future, but at least now the racing industry is being forced to take responsability and try to mitigate breakdowns instead of just considering it the "cost of doing business." I hope they throw the book at that trainer. Bad enough he had prior violations but does he seriously expect us to believe that a trainer who heard all the hype this past year about drugs wouldn't even make the effort to check out the rules where he was racing. Yeah, right.