October 6, 2009
Lawsuit Sheds Light on Use of Legal Medications in Horses
By JOE DRAPE
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/sports/06horse.html
Five months after the Kentucky Derby favorite I Want Revenge was scratched the morning of the race with a bad ankle, his owners are embroiled in a lawsuit that has exposed the fault lines of administering legal drugs to America’s thoroughbreds.
IEAH Stables, which bought 50 percent of the horse in March, asserts that I Want Revenge was ailing as early as April 7 and that the co-owner David Lanzman, who managed the colt’s racing activities, failed to disclose the injuries to IEAH. Lawyers for Lanzman deny the charge and say an injury to a ligament in I Want Revenge’s right front ankle was discovered for the first time on the day of the Derby.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/sp...r=1&ref=sports