The deaths of four horses in the days leading up to Saturday’s Kentucky Derby have cast a pall over the famed Churchill Downs in Louisville.
Two horses — Parents Pride and Chasing Artie – died with no cause of death determined, according to a news release from Churchill Downs on Wednesday.
Parents Pride died Saturday after a collapse. Chasing Artie died Tuesday after a similar collapse.

Devastated to hear that Chasing Artie collapsed and died after the 8th race at Churchill Downs. These were taken at @keeneland before and after his victory in the Palisades Turf Sprint back in ’21.
His death comes on the heels of a similar tragedy on Saturday involving a filly. pic.twitter.com/07UqTgrMLt
— Leila Elliott (@_Leil …