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May 3, 2024 · The 2023 Kentucky Derby was marred by the death of 12 horses at Churchill Downs in the days before and after the race, leading to an investigation searching for answers behind the widespread...
May 6, 2023 · Two more horses have died at Churchill Downs, the home of the famed Kentucky Derby, officials from the track announced on Saturday. A total of seven horses have now died at the racetrack in...
May 7, 2023 · Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race. Early favorite Forte was scratched in the morning because of an injury, the fifth horse to drop out in the run-up to the Derby.
May 7, 2023 · Seven horses died in the lead-up to the final race of the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs, home to the Derby, is launching an investigation into the fatalities.
May 19, 2023 · Snowball, known on the track as Freezing Point, suffered a fatal breakdown during an undercard race at Churchill Downs on May 6, becoming the seventh horse to die in an agonizing eight days...
May 3, 2023 · CNN — Officials from the Churchill Downs racetrack, the home of the famed Kentucky Derby, have described the recent deaths of four horses as “unacceptable” and “troubling.” The four race horses...
Sep 12, 2023 · CNN — An investigation into 12 horse fatalities at the famed horse racing track Churchill Downs found no causal relationship between the horse deaths and the track, but the report cited...
Dec 7, 2021 · Horse racing once again found itself with unwelcome news when Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit died after a workout at Santa Anita on Monday morning. The 3-year-old colt was finishing a...
Dec 6, 2021 · Medina Spirit, the race horse whose victory in the Kentucky Derby had been called into question by a failed post-race drug test, died on Monday after a timed workout.
Dec 7, 2021 · Medina Spirit, the horse that finished first in this year's Kentucky Derby but failed a drug test after the race, died after suffering a heart attack Monday at a Southern California racetrack...
May 3, 2023 · Four horses have died during the past week at Churchill Downs, casting an unwanted spotlight ahead of the 149th Kentucky Derby scheduled for Saturday.
May 5, 2023 · Churchill Downs suspended trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. indefinitely and Lord Miles, who is trained by Joseph, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on Thursday, as part of the fallout from four...
May 8, 2023 · The deaths of seven horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby has once again intensified the debate over the safety of horse racing. Two of the deaths occurred as the result of race injuries on...
May 6, 2023 · News had just broken that a sixth horse had died in the days and hours leading into the Derby. A seventh horse died later in the day. But here, in every direction, Derby-goers in fancy dresses and seersucker suits posed for selfies, fluffed the feathers in their hats and sipped mint juleps.
May 6, 2023 · Another horse has died Saturday at Churchill Downs, the Courier Journal has confirmed. This death came at the sixth in the leadup to the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby. Chloe's Dream...
May 6, 2023 · Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding, and Freezing Point, a 3-year-old colt, were injured in their races on the Derby undercard, becoming the sixth and seventh horses to have died at Churchill...
May 6, 2023 · A second horse, Freezing Point, died after being injured in Race 8 on the dirt track at Churchill Downs. He is the seventh horse to die in 10 days.
Jul 16, 2023 · Twenty years after he captivated the horse racing world with a run that fell just short of a Triple Crown, Funny Cide has died. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, where he'd spent his...
May 7, 2023 · Despite recent efforts to make horse racing safer, seven horses died at the track in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby. Whose fault was it?
Apr 27, 2023 · By 8 a.m. Thursday morning, all that was left of a Kentucky Derby dream was lying across a wooden railing in front of Barn 43 at Churchill Downs. Folded and placed there like a silent memorial,...
Jul 17, 2023 · LEXINGTON, Ky. — Funny Cide, the “Gutsy Gelding” who became a fan favorite after winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003, has died from complications of colic. He was 23.
May 4, 2023 · Churchill Downs Racetrack says four horses have died in the days leading up to this year's Kentucky Derby. The deaths come before the 149th edition of the famed race, scheduled for May 6.
Apr 30, 2024 · Memories are made at the Kentucky Derby, most of them good. ... anger and questioning the safety of the sport after 12 horses died at the historic track in the days surrounding the race, including ...
Jun 4, 2024 · The Belmont Stakes horses, post positions and odds The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winners are in the Belmont field, but neither is the race favorite.
Dec 6, 2021 · Kentucky Derby -winning horse Medina Spirit died Monday at Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California, according to the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). Medina Spirit collapsed near the...
6 days ago · Resilience, the reigning Grade II Wood Memorial winner, is coming off a sixth-place finish at the Kentucky Derby.
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5 days ago · Horse racing expert reveals picks for Mystik Dan, Seize the Grey, Mindframe, Sierra Leona and other 2024 Belmont Stakes horses ... Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is the 9-5 favorite in the ...
5 days ago · Dornoch hugged the rail ridden by Luis Saez and held off Mindframe to be the best in a field of 10 that included Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness winner Seize the Grey.
