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Pharmacy Bungled Drug for Dead Horses

Harry Kimball — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:03:52 CDT

The Florida pharmacy that prepared vitamin supplements for the 21 polo horses that died last weekend has admitted that the mixture was faulty, the Palm Beach Post reports. Franck’s Pharmacy in Tallahassee said today that the level of one ingredient in the supplement—which the polo team says was Biodyl—...

Polo Horses' Owner Also Mysterious

Harry Kimball — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:15:19 CDT

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 with...

Polo Owner Wept as Horses Died in His Arms

Rob Quinn — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:09:55 CDT

Devastated polo team owner Victor Vargas cradled the heads of his fallen horses and sobbed as they died in his arms, colleagues said yesterday. The wealthy Venezuelan banker—whose business has thrived despite Hugo Chavez's socialist regime—rushed from animal to animal as 21 suddenly collapsed and died shortly before...