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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (249289)	5/8/2008 5:50:48 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Respond to of 793975

Actually Barack did say that he was betting on "Big Brown" to show. Which is saying first or second place in the race. Actually it is first, second, or third. .... Win Place and Show

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (249289)	5/8/2008 6:00:21 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793975

Filly euthanized: Eight Belles breaks ankles after the race FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES freep.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection. The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered by the sentimental support of 157,770 fans and endorsed by presidential contender Hillary Clinton and cheered by daughter Chelsea, the filly finished second in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. She crossed the wire 4 3/4 lengths behind favorite Big Brown. Then, with the second-largest crowd in Derby history still whooping it up, Eight Belles collapsed with two broken front ankles. The magnitude of what happened was slow to reach the fans at Churchill Downs. Not only was a horse down, but it was the filly. And horse racing -- with the memory of Barbaro still fresh and a severe injury to a horse coming only a day earlier on Kentucky Oaks Day -- had to confront grief one more time. "There was no way to save her. She couldn't stand," trainer Larry Jones said. "She ran an incredible race. She ran the race of her life." Jones' voice broke and tears glistened in his eyes as he considered his barn without Eight Belles' head poking out of her stall. "Losing animals like this isn't fun. It's not supposed to happen," he said. "We're heartbroke. We're going to miss her, no doubt." The field of 19 colts and the dark gray filly were galloping out around the first turn when Eight Belles suddenly went down on both front legs and jockey Gabriel Saez slid off. "When we passed the wire I stood up," said a distraught Saez, a first-time Derby rider. "She started galloping funny. I tried to pull her up. That's when she went down." An equine ambulance reached her near the second turn. Eight Belles galloped out around the first turn and was headed into the start of the backstretch when she dropped. The crowd was busy high-fiving and celebrating and the distance from the grandstand prevented many from realizing what had happened. * * *