Eight Belles suffered compound fractures of both forelegs and was euthanized.
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Kentucky Derby
In 2009, a filly name Raspberry Miss and another horse named Dr. Rap collided during a training session. Raspberry Miss died and Dr. Rap was injured. Eight Belles was the female horse that died in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. She twisted both of her front ankles right after she crossed the wire.
In the 2008 Kentucky Derby the filly Eight Belles [February 23, 2005 - May 3, 2008] died. She fractured both ankles in her forelegs. She had to be euthanized right there, at the Churchill Downs racetrack.
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Eight Belles [February 23, 2005 - May 3, 2008] was euthanized after the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008. She came in second, five lengths after Big Brown. Both of her front ankles were fractured extensively.
The first horse to die in the Derby was Eight Belles in 2008. She finished the race in second place. Eight Belles died after the race during cool-down by being euthanized because of compound fractures.
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a horse has died this horse won but broke all 4 of its legs they had to put it down (die)
Unbridled's trainer was Carl Nafzger. This Stallion was only 14 years old when she died. Unbridled is one of the few horses that have won the Kentucky Derby.
No, he died in his sleep, 25 years to the day from his Kentucky Derby win. He was 28.
Edith Derby Williams died on June 8, 2008, in Vashon Island, Washington, USA.
Joe was in Louisville, Kentucky for the running of the Kentucky Derby, when he died on May 5,1979. He was found in a hotel room. He was 40 years old. He died a quiet death from a cerebral hemorrage while sleeping.