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- Title: PETA Plays Derby Tragedy for All Its Worth As Preakness Gears up (Horse Racing)
- Author : NY) The Niagara Falls Reporter (Niagara Falls
- Release Date : January 13, 2008
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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The sport of Thoroughbred racing just can't get out of its own way. In the 2008 edition of the Run for the Roses, Eight Belles broke down while galloping out after finishing second to Big Brown. Seconds later, the brave filly was euthanized while she lay helpless on the track. The first indication of trouble was when the winning colt tossed his jock. I saw one of the little silk-wearing buggers go flying, couldn't figure out what was going on. Big Brown was the winner by daylight and the colt had no apparent reason to freak. He had just won a Derby and jockey Kent Desormeaux, in an uncharacteristically lucid manner, had not used him up. My assumption was that the Brownster's lack of racing experience was showing, and since this kid was green, even after a big win like this, his behavior wasn't totally unexpected.