Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Rest in Peace, Eight Belles

The races get faster and faster. The horses bred are more and more fragile. Read about Eight Belles, the filly who finished second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby but who lost her life at Churchill Downs:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/749837/kentucky_derby_how_much_tragedy_can.html?page=2

As of this posting, results of her autopsy are not available, and the cause of her breakdown has not been specified.

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