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Matt Roush says...
The latest installment of the investigative series titled Broken Horses dives into the tragedies that shocked the sports world in 2023 when seven racehorses died at Churchill Downs before the running of the iconic Kentucky Derby, with five more perishing in the days after and even more horses meeting their ends as the Triple Crown continued. New York Times reporters Joe Drape, Melissa Hoppert, Rachel Abrams and Liz Day look into how this happened to the so-called Sport of Kings, exposing a system of careless breeding and illegal doping, with veterinarians and trainers complicit in the business and political forces that resist regulatory measures.