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  • They could have easily taken the easier spot on "Derby Weekend", by letting her run in the Kentucky Oaks ( 3 Year Old Fillies ) and nobody would've thought any less of her....Instead, they put her against 19 of the toughest 3 Year Old boys in the country, while adding more distance at the same time. She ran like the monster that she was, giving it a great try. I was devastated that she had broken both front legs, and has to be immediately euthanized. I was really crushed.

  • eight belles and big brown in my <3

  • I think Eight Belles is the real winner.

  • Eight Belles made a great performance in her last race^^ The only filly in the field, and she left 18 colts in the dust!

  • @johnofohu123 You forgot Citation and Count Fleet. ;)  But I know it's impossible to name all of them. :)

  • I feel really bad for Big Brown. Not that I don't care about Eight Belles, but he had to deal with people hating him for being on the anabolic steriod (which he won twice without and the third he had a hoof problem, which is what they RUN ON so of course that would hurt his chances) and because of the filly collapsing he didn't get all the attention due a Derby winner.

  • @Webuiltthepyramids Yes i agree with you,its nice to see somebody that knows what there talking about not like most of these who leave comments

  • i love this video. i want to be a jockey when i grow up.

  • besthorsetips.webs.com

  • I love all horses theres no reason to hate a awesome creature but the truth with everyone starting this whole thing whos better well the best are here

    -Ruffian-Secretariat -Man O War-Affirmed-Dr. Fager-Forego-Seattle Slew-Swaps-Kelso-Seabiscuit-Wa­r Admiral-Landalucy-Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta-Curlin-Eigh­t Belles-Big Brown-Smarty Jones-Barbaro-Black Caviar-Uncle Mo-Foolish Pleasure-Cigar- and theres much more but these are the favorites mostly Ruffian NOW GO LOOK EM UP!

  • The Americans are convinced when a americans horse win in U.S.A is the best horse in history. Ridiculous! In the real world, outside your "Truman Show", everyone knows the best horses ever are italian . VARENNE( trot). Galloping RIBOT. To be the best, you have to travel the world and win big races, beating the strongest horses in the world. Somebeachsomewhere, Seabiscuit , Secretariat ect ect champion about what? . They never seen Europe.Watch my video about VARENNE and shut up please.

  • Something seriously needs to be done about the breeding of Thoroughbreds. Injuries and fatalities are bound to happen in any sport, I know, but most TBs are so bloody fragile nowadays. There needs to be more focus on endurance, and raising the age limit would certainly help as well. I love horse racing, and it'd be fantastic to see more sturdy horses on the track!

  • kentucky derby's got nothing on the Grand National

  • @lionmanluke2406 and the grand national has nothing on the Hambletonian. so hah

  • 2nd place then dies. epic way to go out

  • @DoTheDanwah Not really... dying is never "epic".

  • @Moose225777 you have obviously never seen any war movies

  • @DoTheDanwah Actually I have.

  • Big brown had the Lowest Ragozin number ever posted in the KY Derby Secretariate is second. That being said, Big Brown was THAT good.

  • To those who is bad mouthing Big Brown.....He was not "roided-out"!!!! All horses are tested by blood, urine and saliva!! Please get the facts before you go running off at the mouth about a CHAMPION!!!

  • @1angiew he was dutrow admited using Winstrol,which is a steroid that is illegal for equine use in 10 states, although not in the three that host the Triple Crown. so u get your facts straight only u.s horse just on oats and hay not doped was zenyatta

  • Big Brown was juiced - nothing illegal though. I am sure many or all of the other horses had whatever their trainers could get by with.

  • R.I.P Eight Belles :(

  • Big Brown was a "roided" out horse...EIGHT BELLES actually should have won this race...she deserves to be called CHAMPION!

  • @gunloc26 not true. the steroid BB was on does not improve speed, but keep them sound, BB was champ that day, and far out did belles, no question

  • @gunloc26 you are a muppet gunloc big brown was the most impressive derby winner in the last 10 years

  • @fuckoff6196 But it was a great performance from the filly she was unlucky to meet a champion

  • Eight Belles poor filly she ran the greatest race of her life

  • This video about Big Brown winning or Eight Bells being put down. first that was a tremendous run 3 wide from the 20 hole. Eight Bells , did she have any help running that fast then breaking down for no reason as you don't see 3yo colts beakingdown AFTER the race, to valuable at stud but a filly, oh well

  • the announcer announced Belles plenty of time, and shes still a great filly for beating all the boys but brown, but still, second in a big field like that of boys.. Belles was amazing

  • @tmustang94 brown was on roids winstrol dutrow admitted it

  • i hoping so much that eight bells would of kept the number 2 position win but they decide to drop her just because she had to be put down

  • So sad. Looked like she wanted to pull up at at quarter pole...bad jockeying? I don't know...she ran it out though. When Barbaro went lame, the jockey pulled up... Don't care what race it is, try to save the horse.

  • @mrfiggins Yea i think I also saw signs of something going wrong. Eight Belles looks like she's protesting/uncomfortable about something. Saez ( Eight Belles's jockey) is NOT good enough or experienced enough to have done what Edgar Prado did ( pulling up not just for Barbaro but also other horses because he felt something go wrong). Saez is a lousy jockey in this sense, and the toll of his carelessness/inadequacy fell on poor Eight Belles who ran on in danger and into death. RIP girl.

  • eight belles was a champ even though she has left us her legend still lives and she will always be known as the filly who left 17 colt in the dust

  • 20 hole wins by 4 lengths, thats sick.......

  • Hmm... Big Brown wins this race, and all people care about is Eight Belles? Her accident was tragic, but why call horseracing cruel? I geuss showjumping is cruel because 1 horse had to be euthinized from falling after a jump. Come on people.. These horses are treated better than pets. They love them to death. You can't erase fate, everything happens for a reason.

  • @queenluciaa I'm glad someone agrees with me, horses love to run :) though it is tragic sometimes, like you said, you can't erase fate.

  • I love how people who know nothing about horse racing can hear about something like Eight Belles and decide they know everything about the sport and give their 2 cents on how cruel it is, yes there are some problems with the sport but nothings perfect. For people who dont know she didnt go down during the racing it was after, she tripped while being slowed, ill admit i cried for her but that could happen to any horse anywhere. Accidents happen everywhere unfortunately, its a part of life.

  • It´s interesting what makes a horse popular. Dieing after a race or winning a race? Sorry but no one talked about Big Brown in any german horse journal. I guess cause many people likes to watch accidents, more then races. -_-' But I´m wondering, why did they had to run AFTER the race?! Well, Eight Belles was a good filly, every horse I know wouldn´t keep running. Didn´t the jockey noticed something? Has she any offsprings?

  • screw eight belles.. it was just a horse.. this was the late great Luke Kruytbosch last derby call ever before he died. horses die all the time from injuries. get used to it.

  • this is my camera work btw.. i shot this race and im the one behind the camera .. wooo

  • i hate horse racing some ppl push their horses too hard

  • it shoud be called horse aibuseing

  • RIP eight belles and ruffian! :( some ppl push their horses too hard

  • R.I.P. Eight Belles :(

  • I don't follow horse racing all that much. I will watch the Derby, to root for the occasional filly or underdog running.

    I'm glad I didn't watch this Derby, cause I certainly woulda grown attatched to Belle through the TV cause she was a filly & was beautiful.

    I don't agree with racing horses this young. They are babies! Their knees aren't fully closed, & they are just so easily broken. :[

    She put up a good race against Big Brown.She ran her heart out. :/ R.i.P. Belle

    Congrats, Big Brown.

  • LOVE derby replays! --The Great American Dollhouse Museum

  • Hey, buddy also if you didn't read they took him off after that. You piece of shit.

  • poor eight bells she was such a good horse. RIP eight bells we will always remember you

  • dont some of you people watch news. big brown was doped up on amphetamines(positive tests), the filly ran herself to death trying to keep up with that doped piece of shit. the owners and trainers of big brown should be banned forever from racing anywhere!

  • crybaby do more research before being an ass as usual

  • u should read bloodhorse too. They have more TRUTHS than the garbage news is feeding you

  • wow you are GAY

  • me gay? you are the one with the name I LOVE BOYS! dumbass!!!

  • hi FAG

  • BUDDYSMOTH1015 is a little loser douche

  • can u read?? obviously NOT i hope u die

  • BUDDYSMOTH1015 is a little loser douche

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  • Eight Belles the winner!!!

    RIP :(

  • Half these people didn't even know about EB until she broke down and had to be euthanized. Then they go on saying stupid comments about how bad HR is etc... When they don't even know the half of it/about the sport/Trainers/owners etc...

  • @spam1237 doesn't make the sport uncruel

  • @spam1237 I knew about Eight Belles b4 this race. Watching it broke my heart for a long time. I had bet on BigBrown & Eight Belles. It took over a yr to watch racing again. Just had to have some time to heal.

    Thanks for the vid.!

  • ummm what

  • I was rooting for Eight Belles when he fell I chould only think this "Eight Belles please get up please say she will be OK" I cried for days when they said she was dead R.I.P the Derby filly

  • ssry to correct she is a she

  • I know it was a spelling mistake

  • ssry bought that then

  • garnizzle96

    what the hell do you mean by that >:(

  • poor eight belles :(

  • bobbbbbable, same to you.

  • Barbaro and big brown would of been a hell of a match but i think barbaro would of got it maybe by a link or so 3 at the most!

  • its called a length...not a link just so you know

  • You got some real issues!!!!

  • do u have to be mr funny?

  • my favourite race horses are:

    -Lost In the Fog

    -Eight Belles

    -Rags to Riches

    -Barbaro

    -Seabiscuit

  • no offense. but you must be a sucker for horses who have accidents :[

  • yes she had an accident...she still ran through it.

  • Brownie was a very talented colt, on the dirt AND the turf. Too bad he didnt have Jess Jackson as an owner, we'd be watching him perform as a 4YO, maybe even as a 5YO after that..

  • thats the day eight bells died...

  • i know. it was so sad

  • Sea buscut...

  • always keep your eye on the underdog ...

    mine that bird is a special horse

  • They already have started to change a lot of things- safety wise in horseracing.

  • I STILL can't belive that Big Brown won over Eight Belles!=[

  • what's so hard to believe about that. big brown was 10 times better than eight belles.

  • 10x better? Not really. Big Brown only won because they doped him up on steroids, which is why he petered out and ended up losing the Triple Crown when they took him OFF the steroids for the Belmont. Had he not been put on steroids, and had Eight Belles not had the issue with her ankle, that ultimately lead to her death, I fully believe she would have won the Derby last year.

  • yeah, a typical new comer's response to horseracing. i guess all the triple crown failures were taken off their steriods before the belmont too correct? all the pros in horse racing know steriods dont determine a horses greatness. the connections knew this which is why he wasnt on them for the belmont. all the horse racing vets said steriods wasnt ANY factor in big brown's performance. enough though talking with a clueless seasonal fan

  • Big Brown was bigger, but Eight Belles had a million times the heart. And if Big Brown was 10 times better than Eight Belles, than why didin't he win the Triple Crown? Everyone thought that he was going to win but I knew that he was going to lose. He was not as good as Secretariat. Not even close.

  • how did eight belles have more heart than big brown? because she died, that means she has more heart? watch big brown's haskel invitational handicap and monmouth stakes. and tell me if you think eight belles had more heart than big brown

  • She had an accident. That has nothing to do with heart. Big Brown was put on steroids! That is why he won. (I agree to taryn1979's comment) Eight Belles was amazing and she was not on steroids. Big Brown was good too, but I belive that putting horses on steroids is like cheating. I also belive that Eight Belles was better than Big Brown from the start. It's to bad that the Kentucky Derby was her last race. I would have wanted her to run in the Belmont and beat Big Brown.

  • steriods were legal at the time, it wasnt illegal so there wasnt any cheating involved. steriods were used for theraputic purposes, to help their appetite and help them heal faster. they werent muscle building substances. and lastly, you probably never even heard of eight belles until she died, then out of sympathy you 'liked' her because she died. you dont know anything about horse racing if you think big brown won because of steriods. curlin took steriods as a 3 year old but didnt need them

  • and exactly my point, big brown had more heart then eight belles by evidence of his haskel and monmouth stakes win. for your sick mind, a horse has to 'break down' for them to have heart. you're an idiot

  • Eight Belles and Ruffian had lots of heart. Eight Belles had an accident like I said. Accidents have NOTHING to do with heart. I knew about Eight Belles about 6 months before she died. Ruffian also broke down but that does not mean that she didn't have heart. Ruffian and Eight Belles (in my opinion) were the greatest racehorses of all time. I never liked Big Brown that much. But I have to admit, he had some heart as well.

  • he didnt win the triple crown because he was trying to do something only a few horses have ever done and something that hadnt been done in many many years in only 5 career starts. the belmont stakes was his 5th career start, it is impossible to win the triple crown in your 5th start while undefeated. he also had his shoe torn off and it was torn off the entire race there are pictures of kent pulling up big brown while his shoe was still sticking out. that's why i think he didnt want to run

  • will there ever be a triple crown winner? i've heard the races are not far enough apart for the horse too rest between races.

  • of course there will be a triple crown winner. it's only a matter of time... whether it happens in the next 5 years or 100 years

  • True, his shoe was torn off. But I still believe that Eight Belles had more heart.

    Okay, I am only going to ask this once, can't we just have our own opinions and leave other people to like other horses? I think that we should just stop fighting over which horse is better. You think Big Brown is better. I think Eight Belles is better. Can we just leave it there?

  • sure ok. but you should realize big brown ran way wider than eight belles did. he lost numerous lengths. if he had the same trip as eight belles probably a 8-9 length victory

  • That's because Eight Belles only ran what she had to.

    Okay, there done. Please don't even reply. I don't want to fight anymore. This is getting to be very stupid.

    My favorite racehorses are...

    -Eight Belles

    -Ruffian

    -Man O' War

    -Seabiscuit

    Sorry. Just wanted to share!

  • Wow, now thats what I call "speedy".

    The 09 Kentucky Derby was slowish...

    I mean, my thoroughbred filly Joshing Wind could of won! But good job Big Brown!

  • Eight Belles. Barbaro. Things have got to change in the racing 'industry' here in the US. They need to run horses whose skeletons are fully developed so they don't break limbs, to breed them to have larger, stronger bones, to train them instead of break them, to breed and run them for endurance, not speed. And more importantly- it needs to be isolated to A circuit. The backyard/over-breeding is why the market is flooded with unwantedhorses who are sent to slaughter in Canada/Mexico.

  • they love to run if they were put on the track they thereselves they would run just the same. The jockeys are there to stop them after the race is over or they would run all day

  • these horses arent tired. they love to run its in there genetics. all they do all day is run. The jockeys actually have to hold them back from running till the stretch.

  • my dads parteners horse was on the derby trail that year

  • which state is the kentucky derby in?

  • its in kentucky

  • noob. its in arkansas. DUH ITS IN KENTUCKY GOD COMMON SENSE

  • haha lol

  • love you too! dinner tonight?

  • huh? what lol your funny =]

  • man poor 8 bells

  • The Run for the Roses is reairing TONIGHT on CNBC 9p Eastern - great, exciting race!!

  • omg

    what accent he is speaking

    cant understand

  • these poor horses their legs must be tired..

  • I heard that shortly after this race, during a later one, Eight Belles actually broke both of her front legs and had to be put down on the racetrack.

  • yeah it was her front ankles. the owner didnt even know the horse was being put down.

  • stew?

  • thats awful. they dont make stew with horses. especially not a horse over 100,000 dollars in price. you retard you have no heart and need to go away.

  • did i say stew? sorry. i meant glue.

  • wow only a dumb stupid ass like you could come up with such a stupid ass come back

  • VAMP!

  • ok freak

  • It was horrible - they killed her on the track. I never wanna see anything like that again. So tragic.

  • They had to put her down unfortunately. =( It was a sad freak accident that I don't think anybody ever wants to see again. I know I don't.

  • hi mama ako si michael

  • Great race. RIP

  • I remember this race, I bet $5 on Eight Belles to show...I was happy at first that a won a little money, but then i found out she had to be put down =(

    R.I.P. Eight Belles

  • r.i.p. eight belles. she was such a beauty. i cry everytime i watch this.

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  • How can you talk like this when a great filly dies trying to win the big race. Very rude!

  • the reason there is so many race horse deaths is because they train to hard,they are racing way to early,they are sometimes in breed and they get dieseases and they sometimes have very week bones

  • Poor Eight Bells. She did her best. R.I.P

  • RIP eight bells

  • Poor Eight Belles. She was an amazing racehose and didn't deserve 2nd place. She should have gotton 1st. I hope she has one many races up in "horsey heaven".

  • Horsey Heaven LMFAO

  • R.I.P. Eight Belles :) :( <3

  • Yeah, I felt so bad for her. These horses are just pushed too far sometimes. I feel sorry for the losers, who probably get made into horse sashimi for the Japanese.

  • fuck im from louisville i live there know i love it its the best if u thing so comment me back!

  • im from louisville to :p