Eight Belles, Kentucky Derby Horse, Dies On Track
May 3, 2008 - ***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO OF THE NBC COVERAGE FROM THE MINUTES OF THE CONFUSION AND THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT***
AP reports:
Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday - a day marred by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles.
The cheers for the winner's decisive victory were cut short when Eight Belles, the runner-up, was…

