It is hard to imagine, even after Barbaro, a more wrenching finish to a Run for the Roses than the fate of Eight Belles, who, after a spectacular place, went down with two broken ankles and was put to ...

There won't be a dramatic fight for life this time around. No national day of mourning for a brave horse who wouldn't give up. Schoolchildren won't be sending cards. The people who cried for Eight ...

99.9 The Fan's Dan Mason and WRAL's Ryan Craig talk about the effect Eight Belles' death has had on the sport of horse racing and what Nate James' hiring means for Duke.

AP photo - Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles ...