Nor could you get a Thoroughbred horse into the Kentucky Derby.

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She says she uses the money to feed and house a thoroughbred horse she rides for competitive matches of polocrosse, a mashup of lacrosse and polo.

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An auction did offer a chance to win part ownership of a Thoroughbred race horse, and the luncheon also honored a well-known female Thoroughbred owner and breeder.

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Her job also means delivering bad news, a constant reality in thoroughbred racing, about a horse's health.

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Does Thoroughbred horse racing have a drug problem?

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After he sold two medical technology companies he'd founded, Lordi took up horse breeding (including a thoroughbred named Saigon Eve).

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However, the Thoroughbred Racing Industry is a small fraction of the horse slaughter picture.

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