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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 ...

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 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) was not just a race among 3-year-old fillies for $579,660, but turned into a race against Mother Nature as Churchill Downs officials tried to beat out severe weather. The ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Triumph turned to tragedy for trainer Larry Jones on Saturday as the brilliant filly Eight Belles suffered a fatal injury after finishing second to Big Brown in the 134th Kentucky ...

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, ...

Trainer Larry Jones doesn't much care that someone else trying to get into the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field might get shut out if he runs his imposing gray filly Eight Belles next Saturday at ...

Eight Belles, this year's Kentucky Derby runner-up who was euthanized after suffering a catastrophic breakdown moments after the race, will be interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, ...