"Big Brown Wins Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles Euthanized" from AP reports on a very exciting and yet sad day at Churchill Downs as Big Brown easily won the 2008 Kentucky Derby - while filly Eight Belles, who came in second, was euthanized right afterward as she fell on the track after the race with two broken ankles.
Big Brown covered the 1 miles in 2:01.82 in front of the second-largest crowd in Derby history. He paid $6.80, $5 and $4.80.
Eight Belles paid $10.60 and $6.40, and Denis of Cork, at odds of 27-1, returned $11.60.
Dr. Larry Bramlage, the Derby's on-call veterinarian, said the filly's injuries were too severe to even attempt to move her off the track.
Watch the 2008 Kentucky Derby:
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