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  • May 2008

    • 'Moral Crisis' Plagues Horse Racing

      Washington Post  |  May 4, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      'Moral Crisis' Plagues Horse Racing

      (Newser) - 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

      Associated Press  |  May 3, 08 9:54 PM CDT

      Filly Euthanized at Derby

      (Newser) - 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

      NBC Sports  |  May 3, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Big Brown Wins Kentucky Derby

      (Newser) - 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

    • For Racing's Blue Bloods, It's Thin Blood

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 2, 08 12:08 PM CDT

      For Racing's Blue Bloods, It's Thin Blood

      (Newser) - 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

      Boston Herald  |  May 1, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Derby Fave Big Brown Saddled With Outside Post

      (Newser) - 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

      New York Times  |  Apr 28, 08 9:34 AM CDT

      You Can Lead a Horse to Mares, But You Can't Make Him Sire

      (Newser) - 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

      Associated Press  |  Apr 12, 08 9:02 PM CDT

      Monba, Cowboy Cal Run 1-2 in Blue Grass

      (Newser) - 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

    • Kentucky Derby Has Full Field, Few Contenders

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 8, 08 12:21 AM CDT

      Kentucky Derby Has Full Field, Few Contenders

      (Newser) - When the gates open at Churchill Downs on May 3 a full field will start out hoping to win the Kentucky Derby, but only a small handful are considered to have a realistic shot at victory. Pyro, Big Brown and Colonel John are the only horses of the 20 3-year-olds entered who appear ready to win the race, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      horse racing  • Kentucky Derby  • Churchill Downs

  • January 2008

    • Barbaro's Ashes to Rest at Churchill Downs

      Associated Press  |  Jan 29, 08 12:48 PM CST

      Barbaro's Ashes to Rest at Churchill Downs

      (Newser) - Churchill Downs, the site of Barbaro’s greatest triumph, will also be his final resting place. The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner’s ashes will be occupy a space outside the racetrack gates, beside a bronze statue. “When we think about Barbaro, we think about him running around the track out there,” said the late horse’s co-owner. “We will always have that joyous memory.” More »

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      horse racing  • Churchill Downs  • Barbaro

  • December 2007

    • Winningest Horse Trainer Dead at 72

      Blood-Horse (Ky.)  |  Dec 26, 07 4:19 PM CST

      Winningest Horse Trainer Dead at 72

      (Newser) - Dale Baird, the trainer with the most wins in the history of horse racing, died Sunday in a car accident at age 72. Baird racked up 9,445 wins—no other trainer even has 7,000—in a storied career at the West Virginia racetrack now known as Mountaineer. Despite his success, Baird remained a modest trainer who ran mostly claimers, reports Kentucky's Blood-Horse . More »

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      obituary  • accident  • horse racing

    • Big Stud Fees ≠ Great Racers

      BBC  |  Dec 19, 07 12:29 PM CST

      Big Stud Fees &ne; Great Racers

      (Newser) - In horse racing, nurture trumps nature, a study finds. Just 10% of a horse’s winnings can be chalked up to lineage, the BBC reports; offspring of high-priced stallions do perform better overall, but not because of genetics. “People who can afford to pay high stud fees can also afford to manage and train their horses well,” one researcher said. More »

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      genetics  • horse racing  • horse  • breeding

  • October 2007

    • Curlin Wins Muddy Classic

      Associated Press  |  Oct 27, 07 7:47 PM CDT

      Curlin Wins Muddy Classic

      (Newser) - Curlin capped a grand year by winning the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic today, the AP reports. He blew by Hard Spun and Lawyer Ron in the home stretch and ran the 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.59 on a sloppy track, claiming his sixth win in nine starts. "He's a big-day horse," said trainer Steve Asmussen. In a sad turn, European star George Washington fractured an ankle and was put down on the track. More »

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      horse racing  • Kentucky Derby  • horse  • Breeders' Cup

    • From Nag to Riches: Horse Legend John Henry Dies

      Chicago Tribune  |  Oct 10, 07 5:08 AM CDT

      From Nag to Riches: Horse Legend John Henry Dies

      (Newser) - Two-time North American Horse of the Year John Henry has been euthanized in Kentucky after declining health.  A lifetime long shot, John Henry was born ugly, undersized and with a deformed knee. He bounced around for years and was sold from place to place before landing in 1980 in California, where he morphed into a Hall of Fame racehorse under trainer Ron McAnully. More »

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      horse racing

    • No Horseplay Allowed When Naming One

      Slate  |  Oct 2, 07 12:09 PM CDT

      No Horseplay Allowed When Naming One

      (Newser) - Good luck giving your racehorse a racy name. Horse racing's governing body goes to great lengths to squash obscene monikers; censors check proposed thoroughbred name requests against a slang dictionary, and phonetics software weeds out ones that might be, or sound, offensive. Of the 60,000 names submitted to the Jockey Club annually, about one-third are rejected, reports Slate.  More »

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      horse racing  • US Appeals court

  • September 2007

    • $16M Horse Makes Shaky Debut

      Associated Press  |  Sep 16, 07 3:19 PM CDT

      $16M Horse Makes Shaky Debut

      (Newser) - The world's most expensive racehorse finished third in his rookie race at Belmont Park yesterday. The Green Monkey, really a horse that sold for $16 million at Saratoga's auction last year, had been kept off the track for months by a series of injuries, the AP reports. "In a perfect world, he would win," said the Green Monkey's trainer. More »

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      horse racing  • horse  • monkey  • thoroughbred

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Funny Cide Jockey Retires

      Associated Press  |  Jul 31, 07 5:04 AM CDT

      Funny Cide Jockey Retires

      (Newser) - Future Hall of Fame jockey Jose Santos retired yesterday, six months after breaking his back in a fall during an Aqueduct race. Santos, 46, rode Funny Cide to the winner's circle in the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness. He posted 4,076 North American victories in his two-decade career, with a total purse of $186.9 million. More »

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      horse racing  • Chile  • Kentucky Derby

  • June 2007

    • Victorious Filly Races Into History

      Associated Press  |  Jun 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT

      Victorious Filly Races Into History

      (Newser) - The cry of "girl power!" echoed throughout stately Belmont Park today as a filly won the Belmont Stakes for the first time in 102 years. Rags to Riches, a half-sister of 2006 winner Jazil, overcame a stumble at the start to outduel favored Curlin by a neck and capture the third jewel of the Triple Crown under John Velazquez. More »

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      horse racing  • horse  • Triple Crown  • Belmont Stakes  • Curlin  • Todd Pletcher

  • May 2007

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