LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Pre-race favorite Big Brown has finished
first in the 134th Kentucky Derby. The winner of the Florida Derby
won by five lengths.
     
Eight Belles, the lone filly in the field, finished second but
broke down after crossing the finish line and had to be euthanized
on the track.

Desormeaux becomes 8th jockey to win 3 Derbys

     
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kent Desormeaux (deh-SOR'-moh) is the
eighth jockey to win the Kentucky Derby at least three times after
a masterful ride aboard unbeaten Big Brown, who scored a four and
three-quarter length victory in America's most famous horse race.
     
Desormeaux made an expert ride aboard Big Brown. He deftly
guided the big bay colt through the 20-horse Derby field that
erased any doubts as to whether the Cajun kid still had it.
     
After the race, Desormeaux called himself "absolutely the
luckiest man in the world."

Trainer says "no way to save" filly Eight Belles

     
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The filly Eight Belles finished second
behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby, then collapsed
with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the
wire.

Eight Belles' visibly upset trainer Larry Jones says "there was
no way to save" the horse, who was trying to become the fourth
filly to win America's most famous race.
     
Jones scratched Eight Belles out of Friday's fillies-only
Kentucky Oaks for a chance to beat the boys in the Derby. The horse
even drew the support of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary
Clinton.
     
Seconds after the finish as the field of 20 horses was galloping
out around the first turn at Churchill Downs, Eight Belles suddenly
went down on both front legs and jockey Gabriel Saez slid off. Even
though Eight Belles finished four and three-quarter lengths back of
winner Big Brown, Jones said she ran "the race of her life."
     
Because of the severity of her injuries, Eight Belles was
euthanized on the track.