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Posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)–A Jockey Club panel will study whether the number of horses allowed into the Kentucky Derby poses a safety risk.
The annual Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs regularly draws 20 horses to the race. Typically, other races are limited to just more than a dozen.
Stuart Janney, head of the Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee, says the panel will be looking at the Kentucky Derby’s size.
The panel was created after the death of filly Eight Belles in this year’s Kentucky Derby.
The panel also has recommended a standard nationwide system for drug testing race horses.
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