Members of a Congressional subcommittee scolded the horse racing industry Thursday for endangering thoroughbreds with lax drug policies and faulty breeding.

Over the past five years, 3,035 thoroughbreds, standardbreds and quarter horses have died at racing facilities, but not all of them on the racetrack or in racing-related accidents.

Thirty years ago, two thoroughbreds not only completed the Triple Crown but actually finished 1-2 on those three different Saturdays.

For thoroughbreds in Puerto Rico, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death ? losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive.

If people concerned about the safety of thoroughbreds had their way, the Preakness might be a race for 4-year-olds instead of 3-year-olds. It would...