MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The New York State Gaming Commission ruled Monday to overturn its ban on nasal strips for racing horses. California Chrome, the horse hoping to take home the Triple Crown for the ...

The Flair nasal strip was tested by researchers who found the product reduced lung hemorrhaging in horses by about 50 percent. Unlike humans, horses only breathe through their nose. When a horse ...

For athletic horses sporting increasingly popular nasal strips, the phrase "winning by a nose" carries new meaning. Research studies evaluating these accessories' efficacy, however, have produced ...

A seminar called "Flair Nasal Strips: The Clinically Proven Alternative to Lasix" will be held at Keeneland April 9. The event, which begins at 1:30 p.m. (EDT), is being conducted by Flair Nasal ...

Horses running this fall at Aqueduct may be breathing easier. The New York State Racing and Wagering Board has approved the use of nasal strips for horses, the same type of strips used by human ...

When California Chrome lines up at the starting gate of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, veterinarians James Chiapetta and Edward Blach will be closely watching the nose of the Triple Crown hopeful.

Those controversial nose strips worn by Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome were created by a graduate of CSU’s veterinary school. The Flair Equine Nasal Strips that Dr. Ed Blach developed more ...

One of the many questions handicappers must ask before betting I’ll Have Another at 4-5 to complete his sweep of the Triple Crown in the June 9 Belmont Stakes is, how will the colt perform without ...

BALTIMORE – Now that New York has lifted its ban, the co-inventor of the nasal strip California Chrome will wear in his attempt to win the Triple Crown doesn't say it will make the horse faster.

On Saturday night, it seemed a foregone conclusion that we’d see Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes champion California Chrome run for a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes on June 7. But on Sunday ...

California Chrome has worn nasal strips in each of his six consecutive victories Most other trainers downplay the value of using the strips They have been shown to not have a performance-enhancing ...

Reporting from Elmont, N.Y. — Look closely at the white blaze on California Chrome’s nose during Saturday’s Belmont Stakes and you’ll see a patch about the size of a hand. This horse wears a nasal ...