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June 2008
- Big Brown's Owner Scraps Steroids
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 23, 08 9:11 AM CDT
  
  The owners of Big Brown say they will no longer give their horses steroids and called on others in the industry to do the same, the New York Times reports. The near Triple Crown winner drew scrutiny and some criticism when trainer Rick Dutrow admitted injecting the horse—legally—with steroids in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby. More »
  
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  steroids • horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Big Brown • Richard Dutrow Jr. • Michael Iavarone
- Big Brown, Big Favorite: Inside Post, 2-5 Belmont Odds
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 4, 08 5:44 PM CDT
  
  Big Brown drew the inside post for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, meaning he'll run closest to the rail as he tries to become the first horse in 20 years to win the Triple Crown. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner is the heavy favorite, with 2-5 odds. The horse given the best chance of beating him, Casino Drive, is listed at 7-2. None of the other eight horses have single-digit odds, the AP reports. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Big Brown • Belmont Stakes • Preakness Stakes
May 2008
- Big Brown Back on Track
  
  newser | ESPN | May 29, 08 7:55 AM CDT
  
  Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown looked to be on the mend from his foot injury yesterday, making his longest practice run yet at the Belmont track. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner galloped 1 1/8 mile under the careful supervision of an exercise rider, ESPN reports. A crack in his left front hoof had trainers holding him back since Friday. More »
  
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  horse racing • injury • Kentucky Derby • horse • Big Brown • Belmont Stakes • Preakness Stakes
- Sweet Spot May Be Big Brown's Key
  
  newser | Sports Illustrated | May 22, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  There is something unique about Big Brown, and it’s not just his decimation of the fields at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. It's a silver-dollar sized white spot at the top of his left front leg. “Some good horses have something about them that's totally different from other horses. … It’s their X factor," the Irish-born trainer who broke Big Brown as a yearling tells Sports Illustrated . More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Big Brown • Belmont Stakes • Preakness Stakes
- Just How Big is Big Brown?
  
  newser | New York Times | May 19, 08 1:25 PM CDT
  
  With Big Brown on the brink of being the first to snag horse racing's Triple Crown in three decades, some are wondering if the colt is really untouchable—or whether he's just the best of a mediocre field. The Belmont Stakes, on June 7, might help answer that question, the New York Times reports, as Big Brown will face another undefeated powerhouse. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Big Brown • Belmont Stakes • Preakness • Richard Dutrow Jr. • Kent Desormeaux • Casino Drive
- Big Brown Wins at Preakness
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 17, 08 5:36 PM CDT
  
  Big Brown continued his assault on the Triple Crown today by winning the 133rd Preakness, running away from the rest of the 12-horse field at Pimlico Race Course. With the victory, the powerful bay colt becomes the 30th horse in thoroughbred history to head to the Belmont Stakes with the elusive Triple Crown in his sights. Only 11 have captured all three of horse racing's jewels—the last was Affirmed in 1978. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Preakness
- Big Brown Jockey Rides for Ailing Son
  
  newser | USA Today | May 16, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  Kent Desormeaux, the jockey who rode Big Brown to victory in the Kentucky Derby, wants his son to see him win the Preakness tomorrow—before his eyesight fails entirely. Nine-year-old Jacob suffers from a genetic disorder that took his hearing and is slowly compromising his vision, but that hasn't stopped him from exulting in his dad's success, writes USA Today. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Big Brown • Preakness • Kent Desormeaux
- Eight Belles Jockey Defends His Ride
  
  newser | USA Today | May 7, 08 7:23 PM CDT
  
  The jockey who rode Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby says the filly seemed to be in fine form during the race and denies pushing her against her will, USA Today reports. "I'm not going to encourage her to run if I know something is wrong because I can end up dead," said Gabriel Saez, 20. The horse's trainer has noted that the filly's ears were up at the finish line, a sign it was "perfectly happy." More »
  
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  horse racing • animal rights • Kentucky Derby • Eight Belles • Gabriel Saez
- Owner Haunted by Derby Filly's 'Horrible' Death
  
  newser | Palm Beach Post | May 6, 08 3:49 AM CDT
  
  Eight Belles' owner is still shocked and saddened by the death of his filly, put down at the end of the Kentucky Derby—but believes she belonged in the race, reports the Palm Beach Post . Rick Porter switched from celebrating his horse's thrilling second-place finish to mourning her death within minutes. "It's the bottom of the barrel," he said yesterday. "It's just a horrible feeling." More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • horse • Churchill Downs • Eight Belles • thoroughbred
- Eight Belles' Trainer Defends Jockey's Conduct
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 5, 08 11:34 PM CDT
  
  The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles from crashing into the rail. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • horse • euthanasia • Eight Belles
- PETA Cries Foul Over Filly's Death
  
  newser | Lexington Herald-Leader | May 5, 08 10:44 AM CDT
  
  PETA is calling for broad reforms in horse racing after the second-place finisher in Saturday's Kentucky Derby broke her two front legs and was immediately euthanized, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader. PETA is calling for horses to begin training at their third birthdays, rather than their second, and also for synthetic surfaces on all racetracks, which offer less of a pounding to the animals' legs. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • PETA • Eight Belles
- 'Moral Crisis' Plagues Horse Racing
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 4, 08 9:45 AM CDT
  
  NBC cut away from Eight Belles’ devastating breakdown and euthanasia at Churchill Downs yesterday, but we need to take a good hard look at the very real cost of the sport of kings, writes Sally Jenkins in the Washington Post. Eight Belles is a primetime example of the average two horses per day that suffer career-ending injuries on the track—the result of years of breeding for speed, without the requisite sturdiness. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Eight Belles • Churchill Downs • thoroughbred
- Filly Euthanized at Derby
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 3, 08 9:54 PM CDT
  
  Eight Belles, the filly who crossed the wire 4 3/4 lengths behind winner Big Brown to take second in the Kentucky Derby today, collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized on the track. The first filly since 1999 to run in the Derby appeared to be fine as she galloped out around the first turn. "When we passed the wire I stood up," said distraught jockey Gabriel Saez. "She started galloping funny. I tried to pull her up. That's when she went down." More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Big Brown • Eight Belles • Gabriel Saez
- Big Brown Wins Kentucky Derby
  
  newser | NBC Sports | May 3, 08 5:53 PM CDT
  
  Favorite Big Brown outran a 20-horse field today and claimed the Kentucky Derby by a solid 5 lengths, NBC Sports reports. But tragedy struck at the finish line for runner-up Eight Belles, which broke two ankles and had to be euthanized on the track. For unbeaten Derby runner Big Brown, a 5-2 favorite in the $2 million race, it was a fourth consecutive victory. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Churchill Downs
- Heartland Tornadoes Kill 7 in Arkansas
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 2, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  Severe storms spawned twisters in America's heartland today, knocking out power, toppling tractor-trailers, and killing seven people in Arkansas, the AP reports. Up to 25 tornadoes also hit Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, a state where hail smashed windshields and storms derailed railway cars. “It just seems like we’re getting pounded,” one official said. More »
  
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  Texas • death • natural disaster • Missouri • Kentucky • tornado • Kentucky Derby • Arkansas • Oklahoma
- Derby Trainer Finds Redemption
  
  newser | USA Today | May 2, 08 2:22 PM CDT
  
  Ten years ago, Richard Dutrow Jr. was living in a racetrack barn. Disowned by his dad, renowned horse trainer Dick Dutrow, he was a drug-addicted mess. “I was living fast,” Dutrow tells USA Today. “I got myself into all sorts of nickel-and-dime scrapes.” Now, Dutrow is the trainer of Big Brown, the oddsmakers’ favorite in tomorrow's Kentucky Derby. More »
  
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  Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Richard Dutrow Jr.
- For Racing's Blue Bloods, It's Thin Blood
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 2, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  The only race Native Dancer ever lost was the 1953 Kentucky Derby, but in industry circles he is best known as the most valuable sire ever. All 20 horses in this year's Derby are descendants of Native Dancer, as is about 75% of the thoroughbred population. But with those champion genes come some drawbacks, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »
  
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  genetics • horse racing • Kentucky Derby • gene pool • Barbaro
- Derby Fave Big Brown Saddled With Outside Post
  
  newser | Boston Herald | May 1, 08 9:45 AM CDT
  
  Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. is positive his colt Big Brown will win the Kentucky Derby, and the odds-makers agree, pegging Big Brown as a 3-1 morning-line favorite. Never mind that the colt is starting from the deadly 20th position, has had front hoof problems, and has, in Dutrow, a controversial trainer who’s been suspended multiple times for rules violations. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Triple Crown • Big Brown
April 2008
- You Can Lead a Horse to Mares, But You Can't Make Him Sire
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 28, 08 9:34 AM CDT
  
  War Emblem was a champion on the track, winning the 2002 Kentucky Derby, but as a sire, the racehorse is nowhere near as surefooted. Though surrounded by mares, War Emblem hasn't produced a live foal since 2005, and in more than five years at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan has mated only 70 times, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • breeding
- Monba, Cowboy Cal Run 1-2 in Blue Grass
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 12, 08 9:02 PM CDT
  
  Todd's squad came through in the nick of time at Keeneland. Down to perhaps his last chance to return to the Kentucky Derby, trainer Todd Pletcher now has two contenders after Monba beat stablemate Cowboy Cal by a neck in the Blue Grass Stakes today. "I was hoping for a dead heat at the end," said Pletcher, who last year saddled a record-tying five Derby starters. More »
  
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  horse racing • Kentucky Derby • Todd Pletcher

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