Joe Drape: ‘They’re pure, magnificent creatures’
Joe Drape’s name, of late, has been synonymous with unsettling news coming out of the American horse racing industry. In two recent front-page articles in the New York Times, Drape has coauthored stories describing horse deaths, incidents of race-day drugging, and a lack of effective oversight in the Sport of Kings. In a Q&A with OffTrackThoroughbreds.com, the award-winning New York Times sportswriter answers questions about his ongoing series, and offers his opinion on how horse racing, a sport he has loved since he was a kid growing up in the Midwest, might be improved. A race writer for some 15 […]
