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Horses come through the first turn during the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 6, 2023. Julio Cortez/AP Photo
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A horse died Sunday, May 14, after a race at Churchill Downs, making it the eighth fatality in recent weeks at the home of the Kentucky Derby.
Rio Moon “suffered a catastrophic injury to his left foreleg a few strides after the wire,” according to notes in the Equibase chart for the sixth race.
