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Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008
A steroids test for filly Eight Belles has come back negative.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority announced Friday that test results showed no traces of steroids in the filly Eight Belles, who was euthanized moments after finishing second to Big Brown in the May 3 Kentucky Derby after breaking ankles in both of her front legs.
Filly Eight Belles and the other 19 Kentucky Derby horses were also tested for improper medication levels, as was the entire field in the Kentucky Oaks, won by Eight Belles’ stablemate Proud Spell. All of the medication tests came back negative.
An autopsy on filly Eight Belles completed earlier this week showed she had no diseases or pre-existing bone abnormalities before her breakdown.
Eight Belles was trained by Larry Jones and was ridden in Churchill Downs by jockey Gabriel Saez.
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