The horse broke her two front ankles and was euthanized after finishing second. Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, ...

A competitive field of 12 3-year-old fillies, including eight last-out stakes winners led by Stonestreet Stables' homebred Eclatant , has been entered for the $600,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) May 2 ...

The cool efficiency that marked the end of Eight Belles was more the norm, a cruel reminder on the biggest of all stages that racing can be a deadly sport. Say what you will about the sport of kings, ...

With storm clouds rolling in over Louisville, Ky., on Friday afternoon, Churchill Downs pushed the post time for the Grade 2 $600,000 Eight Belles Stakes up by eight minutes, but Look Forward ran as ...

Albaugh Family Stables’ On Time Girl, winner of the Fern Creek last fall at Churchill Downs and Forward Gal (G3) in January at Gulfstream Park, heads a deep field of nine 3-year-old fillies for the ...

Heartbreak descended on the 2008 Kentucky Derby when runner-up Eight Belles sustained two broken front ankles and was euthanized on the track. At the time, Eight Belles was the first filly - a female ...

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LOUISVILLE (WAVE) --WAVE 3 learned late Monday afternoon that the autopsy on Eight Belles has been completed. The filly broke bones in both of her front legs just after finishing second in the ...

After running the worst race of her life in the Grade 2 Fantasy Stakes, My Mane Squeeze scaled back in distance to massive success on Friday in the Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs. The ...