...you know, this is the bad part. I did get to see my son yesterday, and I got to see my daughter today, but I got to see Eight Belles every day. She was our family, she's been with us for a year -- they a lot of great footage with Jeannine Edwards (of ESPN)...
...but also one which saw a pair of sophomores complete a Breedersâ Cup Classic exacta. And it was a class in which a filly, Eight Belles, made for the worst conceivable headlines, resulting in a federal inquiry, forcing an insular industry to take a hard look...
...of Barbaro still fresh, it was another somber day for horse racing on national TV. "Losing animals like this isn't fun," Eight Belles trainer Larry Jones said. "It's not supposed to happen. We're heartbroke." The sport also lost two horses who were dazzling...
...of Barbaro still fresh, it was another somber day for horse racing on national TV. "Losing animals like this isn't fun," Eight Belles trainer Larry Jones said. "It's not supposed to happen. We're heartbroke." The sport also lost two horses who were dazzling...
...that prevented him from making the Kentucky Derby. This year, Porter and Jones finished second in the Kentucky Derby with Eight Belles, a daughter of Unbridled's Song who suffered a fatal breakdown while galloping out after the race. "It'd be great to take...
...We wish just as ardently for something far simpler: that all of them get around the track safely. The deaths of Barbaro, Eight Belles, Pine Island and other horses from injuries incurred in Breeders' Cup and Triple Crown races have prompted a call for reform...
...replaced. Then the notion that runners were being held together by cocktails of steroids gained common currency after Eight Belles, this year’s Kentucky Derby runner-up, sickeningly fractured both fore legs yards after the finish on US racing’s showcase day. Worse...
...this year’s Kentucky Derby, the second-place finisher, Eight Belles, had to be euthanized after breaking both front ankles. In 2006, Barbaro, another Derby standout, was put down after suffering a leg injury at the Preakness Stakes. (Both horses were descendants...
...blamed for breakdowns among some of the most important horses in the sport's most recognized events - the Kentucky Derby (Eight Belles), the Preakness ( Barbaro) and the Breeders' Cup Classic (George Washington) - Curlin has remained strong. He is a proud,...
...Press, Jones said that before this fall's yearling sales he called several clients _ including Rick Porter, who owned Eight Belles _ and told them not to buy any horses with the intention of having him train them. Jones said he will continue to train the horses...