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Its race tracks are killing fields. The recent Kentucky Derby was dramatic on account of the distinguished performance by the winner, Big Brown, and even more so by the death minutes later of Eight Belles, the filly and runner up. The black beauty was euthanized after shattering both ankles as she eased up on the turn of the Churchill Downs track after a fine performance in pursuit of Big Brown. Jane Smalley, a novelist who has bred and trained thoroughbreds similar to Big Brown and Eight Belles, wrote a most plausible explanation of why the filly broke down.
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