Horse Racing's Cripple Crown?: Industry Works to Prevent Fatal Injuries [News]

Friday, May 16, 2008 - 17:28 in Health & Medicine

Tomorrow, the eyes of the horse racing world will turn to the 133rd annual Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of U.S. horse racing's Triple Crown.But the dust has barely settled from the tragedy at the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, where vets were forced to euthanize the promising gray thoroughbred filly, Eight Belles, when she collapsed on the track after completing the race at Churchill Downs, suffering from two shattered ankles in her front legs. [More]

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