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Crisis Brewing as Eighth Horse Dies at Churchill Downs

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A 3-year-old colt named Rio Moon was the iconic track’s latest casualty.

Running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023.
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Yet another horse died after a race at Churchill Downs Sunday—the eighth such tragedy at the track, which hosts the Kentucky Derby, in recent weeks. A 3-year-old colt named Rio Moon was the latest casualty in a wave of incidents at the historic track, following two other horses that died after racing in the Derby undercard last weekend. Five more were euthanized in the weeks prior. The crisis has led to at least one trainer, Saffie Joseph Jr., being suspended after two of his horses collapsed and later died.

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