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Body Found at Kentucky Derby Track

Dead male found just 4 barns away from I'll Have Another

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted May 6, 2012 8:55 AM CDT | Updated May 6, 2012 10:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – The day after I'll Have Another broke from the field to win the first leg of the Triple Crown, Kentucky police are investigating a man's body that was found at Churchill Downs this morning. The body was found in Barn 8, just four barns away from where the new Derby winner is stabled, though police tell the AP that he had no connection to I'll Have Another or Churchill Downs. Police are treating the death as a homicide. It's not the vaunted track's first brush with death: Jockey Michael Baze died of an apparent overdose near the stables about a week after last year's Derby.

Jockey Mario Gutierrez reacts after riding I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez reacts after riding I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.   (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Horses make their way past the grandstand during morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Friday, May 4, 2007.
Horses make their way past the grandstand during morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Friday, May 4, 2007.   (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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COMMENTS
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Toon
May 6, 2012 4:50 PM CDT
A death at a place where a large number of people gather. Hmm, what was the advice when this happened at OWS? Oh, yes, send in the police to shut down the whole thing.
Rational.-Anarchist
May 6, 2012 9:15 AM CDT
"Believed to be a male." How hard is it to figure THAT out?!?!
 

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