STANTON, Del. — As Eight Belles' jockey continued Tuesday to cope with the horse's death, her trainer vehemently denied that the horse's size was the result of steroids. Larry Jones became visibly ...

It is hard to imagine, even after Barbaro, a more wrenching finish to a Run for the Roses than the fate of Eight Belles, who, after a spectacular place, went down with two broken ankles and was put to ...

Late field changes: Right to Party’s injury led to Robusta’s Derby entry, making him the third alternate to join the field this year. Near-miss incident: Great White flipped before the start, throwing ...

Saturday, it was Eight Belles, after a heroic second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Racehorses of extraordinary promise, which had to be put down just as their careers were getting underway.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Jockey Club said on Thursday it had set up a committee to look at equine safety following the death of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles. The filly collapsed shortly after ...

There won't be a dramatic fight for life this time around. No national day of mourning for a brave horse who wouldn't give up. Schoolchildren won't be sending cards. The people who cried for Eight ...

99.9 The Fan's Dan Mason and WRAL's Ryan Craig talk about the effect Eight Belles' death has had on the sport of horse racing and what Nate James' hiring means for Duke.

LOUISVILLE, May 4 -- Michael Matz arrived Sunday at the Churchill Downs barn where his horses had stabled during Derby week, having just returned from the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, ...