Filly Eight Belles breaks down after 2nd-place Derby finish (http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=AmbFU_w7E8pQh7aYTFeWzugX47kF?slug=ap-kentuckyderby-eightbelles&prov=ap&type=lgns)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire.

The field of 20 horses was galloping out around the first turn at Churchill Downs when Eight Belles suddenly went down on both front legs and jockey Gabriel Saez slid off.

“When we passed the wire I stood up,” said Saez, a first-time Derby rider. “She started galloping funny. I tried to pull her up. That’s when she went down.”

An equine ambulance reached her on the track and put down the filly.

“There was no possible way to save her,” on-call veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage said. “She broke both front ankles. That’s a bad injury.”

Trainer Larry Jones and owner Rick Porter decided to run Eight Belles against the boys in America’s greatest race despite her never having done so before. She also was entered in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks for fillies, but instead Jones won that race with Proud Spell and set himself up to pull off the double.

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There are just...no words.

Hillary Clinton is obviously the devil.

If Hillary keeps this shit up with the best she can do with all of it is win 2nd place then maybe someone needs to break both her cankles too?

First off, as a person who rides and spends a fair amount of time with horses, I was very sad to see this happen to a very promising filly.

That said, it was the perfect metaphor for Hillary's campaign, riding all out to the point of failure even though a win was never possible.

First off, as a person who rides and spends a fair amount of time with horses, I was very sad to see this happen to a very promising filly.

That said, it was the perfect metaphor for Hillary's campaign, riding all out to the point of failure even though a win was never possible.

Truthfully, I feel much sorrier for the filly.

Hillary Clinton's pick for Kentucky Derby finishes 2nd, has ankles broken, is euthanized on track

And in TX a few months ago, a police was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting Sniper Fire's motorcade.

And in TX a few months ago, a police was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting Sniper Fire's motorcade.

And two have been killed escorting Bush's.