The Heartbreak of Racing

This is the problem with the thoroughbred racing industry.

A very young horse, Eight Bells, broke both her front ankles racing her heart out.

At the Kentucky Derby.

She came in second.

Filly Eight Belles broke both front ankles after the wire in the Kentucky Derby. She was euthanized on the track while Big Brown's victory was celebrated.

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Just after the race finished, she rounded the curve and was pulling up, and both front legs collapsed out from under her.