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• Big Brown’s Owners Say Stable to Go Steroid Free

  Big Brown’s owners announced Sunday that they would immediately begin withdrawing all steroids and any unnecessary medications from their horses. Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Steroids, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse)

• Eight Belles Burial at Derby Museum

  Eight Belles will be interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum, near the grave sites of four Kentucky Derby winners. Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Following The Money Behind Big Brown

  James Tagliaferri’s St. Thomas Island-based asset-management company is the real money behind Big Brown and International Equine Acquisitions Holdings. Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick, Auctions, Virgin Islands (US), Jockey Club Incorporated (The)|JKCL|other-OTC, Iavarone, Michael, St Thomas (Virgin Islands), Millionaires and Billionaires

• A Challenger From Japan Sets His Sights on Big Brown

  Many expect Casino Drive, a chestnut colt, to be a formidable obstacle on Big Brown’s path to become thoroughbred racing’s 12th Triple Crown champion. Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes

• Injury a Potential Setback for Big Brown

  The colt’s trainer revealed on Sunday that the undefeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner had sustained a quarter crack on the inside of his left front hoof. Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 6:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Dutrow, Rick

• Horse for Ages or Simply Best of Bunch?

  Why wouldn’t Rick Dutrow declare Big Brown one of the best horses that has ever lived? Posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Dutrow, Rick

• Notebook: A Win for Eight Belles’s Camp

  The trainer Larry Jones and the jockey Gabriel Saez finally had something to celebrate when Buy the Barrel won the $150,000 Allaire Dupont Distaff Stakes on Saturday. Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Sports of The Times: No Incidents: Race Is a Success

  There were no stumbles, no injuries, no after-race tragedies. This was a great day — a much-needed great day — for horse racing. Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Preakness Stakes: Big Brown Easily Claims Second Leg of Triple Crown

  Big Brown did not disappoint his growing fan base, cruising to a five-and-a-quarter-length victory to win the 133rd Preakness Stakes on Saturday. Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 7:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Preakness Stakes

• Eight Belles Did Not Have Heart Attack, Necropsy Report Says

  The filly who broke down after the Kentucky Derby sustained compound fractures of her front legs at the fetlock joints, a report released Thursday concluded. Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• In-Box: Emotional Responses to a Thoroughbred’s Death

  There was an outpouring of reactions to The Times’s coverage of the May 3 Kentucky Derby, in which Eight Belles broke her front ankles and was put down on the track. Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Trainer Watched Prize Pupil Win Derby

  For Pat Reynolds, Big Brown’s first trainer, it was a bittersweet time at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:36 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• The Rail: Injured Racehorses You Didn’t See

  Will the death of the Kentucky Derby runner-up spur any real, meaningful change within the thoroughbred racing industry? Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Accidents and Safety, Grief (Emotions)

• Filly’s Owner Stands by His Decision

  Still saddened by the death of his filly Eight Belles, the owner Rick Porter said Monday that he had no regrets about running her in the Kentucky Derby. Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 10:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Cruelty to Animals, Horse Racing, Barbaro (Race Horse), Horses, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Confusion and Sorrow for Trainer of Filly

  Larry Jones, the trainer of Eight Belles, is now heartbroken after she shattered her front ankles after the Kentucky Derby and had to be euthanized. Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs Incorporated|CHDN|NASDAQ, Jones, Larry