Barbaro Fractures Leg in Preakness
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro broke down at the start and broke the hearts of racing fans as Bernardini went on to win the &#36;1 million Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
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The preliminary diagnosis on Gerut is a right knee injury, pending an MRI...DeJesus also stole a base, his eighth of the season...The Royals won for only the second time in seven meetings at Jacobs Field this year.
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Wide receiver Tim Carter of the New York Giants will miss the remainder of the season because of a hip injury. Carter suffered a fractured hip socket during the third quarter
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Rags To Riches, who became only the third filly in history to capture the Belmont Stakes, suffered a hairline fracture to her right front leg on Saturday in finishing second in the Gazelle Stakes.
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The career-ending breakdown of the Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has brought urgency to reducing the number of catastrophic injuries to racehorses.
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Making the morning line is a difficult job, and Lone Star Park oddsmaker Rick Lee did not escape the wrath of trainer D. Wayne Lukas when Lee established the mare Azeri at 15-1 for the Classic during yesterday's post position draw for Saturday's Breeders' Cup. Pleasantly Perfect, the leading candidate to be Horse of the Year, ...
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John Olerud hobbled out of the clubhouse on crutches, his left foot heavily wrapped. The New York Yankees' first baseman sat out Sunday night with a bruised instep, and might be sidelined for a while.
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Somewhere among nearly 100 horses getting ready to run in the eight Breeders&#39; Cup races Saturday at Lone Star Park, Jerkens the &quot;Giant Killer&quot; has two contenders.
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Barbaro&#039;s vital signs, appetite and &quot;attitude&quot; remained good, though there was no indication the Kentucky Derby winner&#039;s condition has improved since a grim prognosis by his veterinarian.
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For the last eight months, one of Dean Richardson's first stops on his morning rounds was Barbaro's ICU stall. Richardson looked into the colt's bright eyes, made sure he was comfortable and formed an emotional bond with the Kentucky Derby winner that maybe only owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson equaled. One day after Barbaro was euthanized, the morning rounds felt terribly empty.
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LONDON - Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl and wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, a hospital official said Monday. Bach was admitted Sunday to the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, 35 miles southwest of London.
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Lake Forest, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago Bears Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher is expected to be sidelined four-to-six weeks because of a lower left leg injury.
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As all experienced racetrackers realize, picking horses a few days before the races are run is no way to bet winners. Too much new information surfaces at the last minute to make bets earlier than the last possible moment.
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Running back Brian Westbrook has a cracked rib and is questionable for the Eagles&#39; game this weekend against Baltimore. The rib injury did show up on the first X-ray, but more tests revealed a small crack
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OCEANPORT, New Jersey  - The Breeders' Cup weekend ended in tragedy for the second consecutive year on Saturday when Irish raider George Washington was put down after breaking his leg.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Austria's Thomas Graggaber  is recovering in hospital after suffering fractured ribs and a  collapsed lung during a training crash for this weekend's  Kitzbuehel downhill event, race organizers said.
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Jockey Jerry Bailey will be sidelined for approximately four weeks after suffering a non-displaced hairline fracture of his left wrist.