Blind Bet

Despite uncertain odds, many horse owners gamble on stem cell therapy

No animal has shaped the course of civilization more than the horse. Horses have pulled plows, herded cattle, and brought riders into battlefields and to the edges of continents. Today, horses are carrying their human companions to another frontier—the uncharted territory of stem cell medicine.

Greg’s Gold returned to high-stakes racing after veterinarians used the horse’s own stem cells to repair a bowed tendon in 2005.