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Favorite Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby, Filly Euthanized


Updated: 7:36 p.m. EDT Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, a commanding victory turned somber by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles on horse racing's biggest day. The cheers for the winner's 4 3/4-length victory were cut short when Eight Belles, the runner-up, ...



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