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The Predictable Demise of Eight Belles

Two years ago it was Barbaro after the Preakness. Saturday, it was Eight Belles , after a heroic second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Racehorses of extraordinary promise, which had to be put down just as their careers were getting underway.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Two years ago it was Barbaro after the Preakness. Saturday, it was Eight Belles, after a heroic second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Racehorses of extraordinary promise, which had to be put down just as their careers were getting underway. Twenty of Saturday's Kentucky-Derby entrants were descended from one horse, Native Dancer. Ankles are the tragic flaw of that extended family. Jon Weinbach is sports-business reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Dan Konecky
Producer, To the Point
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Jon Weinbach
sportswriter and filmmaker

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The Predictable Demise of Eight Belles

Two years ago it was Barbaro after the Preakness. Saturday, it was Eight Belles , after a heroic second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Racehorses of extraordinary promise, which had to be put down just as their careers were getting underway.

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The Predictable Demise of Eight Belles

Two years ago it was Barbaro after the Preakness. Saturday, it was Eight Belles , after a heroic second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Racehorses of extraordinary promise, which had to be put down just as their careers were getting underway.

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