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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: US Open Polo Championship

US Open Polo Championship stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Exactly what killed 21 polo horses in Florida is not known, but details of their enigmatic owner are emerging in spades. Victor Vargas has succeeded at the tricky proposition of banking in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, and tried the US market—with less-than-stellar results. In 1993, he had to settle... More »

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sports • Venezuela • horse • Hugo Chávez • banking • medication • Federal Reserve Bank of New York • polo • US Open Polo Championship • Victor Vargas

 Bad Vitamin Killed Polo 
 Horses: Team Captain 

Common drug was tainted, he claims

Apr 22, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A tainted vitamin supplement killed the 21 horses that collapsed before a polo match in Florida last weekend, the captain of the Venezuelan team claims. He notes that five horses not given the drug are fine. The French drug, called Biodyl, is commonly administered in Europe but not approved for... More »

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drugs • vitamins • horse • death • tainted • vitamin B • selenium • polo • US Open Polo Championship • Biodyl • supplements

 14 Horses Drop 
 Dead Before 
 Polo Match 

Sources believe they reacted to tainted steroid cocktail

Apr 20, 09 2:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mystery death claimed the lives of 14 horses from a Venezuelan team yesterday shortly before they were to compete in the US Open Polo Championship in Florida. The $100,000 horses suddenly struggled to breathe as vets fought to revive them, the Palm Beach Post reports. Onlookers wept after... More »

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steroids • horse racing • horse • animal • polo • US Open Polo Championship

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