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, ...

16-year old Maria Rose Michalak's book, Eight Belles: Triumph Beyond the Wire cronicles Eight Belles' days as a foal, as well as her lineage, training, and racing career, and also recounts the ...

Eight Belles' breakdown is a reminder of frailty of powerful thoroughbreds. LEXINGTON, Ky., May 4, 2008 — -- The excitement over Big Brown's victory in the 134th Kentucky Derby quickly turned to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are urging prosecutors to bring animal cruelty charges against Eight Belles’ trainer, Larry Jones. Lawyers for the animal rights group ...

For all the hand-wringing of the trainers and the owners, for all the theorizing among the hacks and the handicappers, it must be said that where a horse landed last night in the draw to decide the ...

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 ...

Note: Delaware horse Eight Belles was euthanized at the Kentucky Derby in 2008 after breaking both front legs. This story ran in The News Journal on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Thoroughbred owner Rick ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It seems many of us are still talking about Kentucky Derby runner-up ...

The tragic euthanizing of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles after she broke both ankles Saturday has left some scratching their heads about the so-called sport of kings. But in an exclusive ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a sad and horrifying Kentucky Derby. Before the race I talked Caroline into watching it with me. She likes horses--she loves all animals, really--but she has concerns about their welfare and ...