Former governor heads racing safety alliance
NEW YORK (AP) Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has been chosen to oversee a national horse racing alliance that could lead to a ban on steroids and the beginning of uniform medication rules.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced the formation of the Safety and Integrity Alliance on Wednesday and outlined other industry reforms. Thompson will serve as the alliance's independent counsel.
The initiatives are the most ambitious in the sport's history. They come at a time when thoroughbred racing is under pressure to create safer conditions for horses and jockeys.
Other initiatives announced earlier include improved drug testing, injury reporting and prevention, safety research and care for retired horses.

Oct 15, 2008 at 7:56 p.m.
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Ernie...sesame street requests your return to the set for the final taping of the show.
Oct 15, 2008 at 3:31 p.m.
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Anybody give President Bush credit for the recent gas price decline? He sure got the blame (by ignorant posters) when the price went up!
Notice how quiet everybody is about the President controlling gas prices when it goes down. He has nothing to do with, by the way.
Oct 15, 2008 at 3:29 p.m.
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Ernie - read a book, a magazine, anything, c'mon, we know you can read. Your comment is just too uninformed for you not to be an escaped patient from somewhere.
Oct 15, 2008 at 3:07 p.m.
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Ya, and Doyle is a great leader and done so much. Not. Once again it go's back to the democrat whining.
Oct 15, 2008 at 2:52 p.m.
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Ernie (I can't afford $21.23 a year), what doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger.
My life is pretty good right now thank you!
Oct 15, 2008 at 2:20 p.m.
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Localboy1968, I can see you want 4 more years of screwed up life under the republicans. If that happens, YOU will be feeling much more worse in your life than you are feeling now. Tommy didn't do the state nor the feds any good.
Oct 15, 2008 at 1:19 p.m.
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what have you people done in the last 8 years that would be contribution worthy?
I am thinking Tommy's resume looks a little more impressive than both of yours.
Oct 15, 2008 at 12:59 p.m.
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Tommy's moving backwards, from chairman of trains with Amtrack to now horses...what's next, the Huck Finn Alliance for logwood rafting?
Oct 15, 2008 at 12:52 p.m.
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I dunno. I think he was big enough of a horse's a** to last another eight years. (And his public service extended into the Bush administration, where he screwed more things up.) I thought it was hilarious that he ran for President. Who knew that the current V.P. nominee would make him look good?
Oct 15, 2008 at 12:40 p.m.
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tbuck was the person that was kicked off the welfare rolls and required to get a job when Tommy eliminated 2nd and 3rd generation welfare users.
Oct 15, 2008 at 11:10 a.m.
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tbuck....why are you so nasty? The former Governor has been out of office for almost 8 years. Why do you even care? u.h.a.
Oct 15, 2008 at 10:39 a.m.
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The horses a** is the govenor we have now!!
Oct 15, 2008 at 10:05 a.m.
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Perfect! A job in the horse racing industry for a guy that is a real horses a**!!!
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