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The rush to improve safety since Eight Belles was euthanized at last year's Kentucky Derby did little to curb the number of horses dying at American racetracks in 2008, The Associated Press found in a national count.
Eight bells tolled in tribute to fallen filly Eight Belles on Kentucky Derby day, a year after her fatal breakdown following the Run for the Roses.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A year after the tragic death of Eight Belles unleashed an unprecedented wave of criticism of horse racing, a central question surrounds the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby: Are the horses that will hurtle around the Churchill Downs racetrack on Saturday any safer than the ill-fated filly?
Larry Jones was at the chapel on the backside at Churchill Downs earlier this week when he noticed the bracelet he'd been wearing for a year in honor of fallen filly Eight Belles had vanished.
Trainer Larry Jones plans to retire after next year's Breeders' Cup, ending a career in which his filly Eight Belles collapsed and died after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.
The remains of Eight Belles have been buried at Churchill Downs.
The Kentucky Derby Museum has set a date to memorialize Eight Belles. The popular filly will be interred at the museum in Louisville on Sept. 7.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Kentucky's horse racing regulators and Louisville police to investigate the death of Eight Belles.
Eight Belles will be interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum, near the grave sites of four Kentucky Derby winners.
A steroids test for filly Eight Belles has come back negative.
Eight Belles had no diseases or pre-existing bone abnormalities that caused the filly to break down after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do.
It will be at least two weeks before additional information is known about what caused Eight Belles to break down in the Kentucky Derby, the filly's owner said Friday.
The Jockey Club has formed a committee to study equine health, including track safety and the rules of racing, five days after the death of the filly Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby.
About 20 animal-rights protesters waved signs outside the offices of the state's horse racing regulators Tuesday in response to the death of filly Eight Belles after the Kentucky Derby. Nearly as many people showed up to defend the sport from their attacks.
A day after Big Brown blazed across the finish line, the snapshot of Eight Belles down on the dirt set off a raging debate that extended far beyond the Kentucky Derby: Is horse racing now facing an image crisis?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
The trainer of Eight Belles is certain the filly was never on steroids, and has ordered tests to prove it.
Looks like Big Brown's resounding Kentucky Derby victory has scared away a lot of the competition.
Big Brown's all in and so is the filly Eight Belles, a perfect combination for an intriguing 134th Kentucky Derby.
Unbeaten Big Brown and the filly Eight Belles were among a full field of 20 horses entered for the Kentucky Derby.
Eight Belles To Be Interred September 7Eight Belles To Be Interred September 7
Why are Broken Bones Lethal to Horses?After a four-race winning streak, Eight Belles galloped past the Kentucky Derby's finish line to snag second place. The glory was shattered as the racehorse collapsed on the track. She had broken bones in both front ankles — a lethal injury for a horse.
This controversy was raging on the Mike & Mike Show on ESPN this morning, after the death of a horse at the Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles, this weekend.
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