Kent Desormeaux riding Big Brown (20) takes the lead during the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Big Brown is washed at Pimlico
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness hopeful Big Brown is washed after early morning workout at Pimlico race track in Baltimore, May 15, 2008. The 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes will take place at Pimlico on May 17. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES)
Trainer Larry Jones leads jockey Gabriel Saez
Trainer Larry Jones, right, leads jockey Gabriel Saez in the paddock aboard Royal Diana before the start of the eighth race at Delaware Park, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Stanton, Del. Saez was the jockey on the Jones trained Eight Belles, the filly who was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Larry Jones is overcome with emotion
Eight Belles trainer Larry Jones, left, is overcome with emotion while talking alongside owner Rick Porter during a news conference at Delaware Park, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Stanton, Del. The filly was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Eight Belles was euthanized
Eight Belles is examined on the track after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles
Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)
Protesters Kelli O'Brien
Protesters Kelli O'Brien, left, and Tom Crain, center, and supporter Laura Koester, right, argue outside the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority's headquarters in Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday May 6, 2008. About 20 animal-rights protesters waved signs outside the offices of Kentucky's horse racing regulators Tuesday in response to the death of filly Eight Belles after the Kentucky Derby, but nearly as many people showed up to defend the sport from their attacks. (AP Phooto/Lexington Herald-Leader, Jenn Ackerman)
Workouts at Churchill Downs
Kentucky Derby hopeful Eight Belles gallops on the track with trainer Larry Jones during early morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 1, 2008. The 134th running of the Kentucky Derby will be held May 3. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES)
Eight Belles runs on the track
Kentucky Derby hopeful Eight Belles gallops with trainer Larry Jones during early morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, April 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES)
Second-place finisher Eight Belles
Second-place finisher Eight Belles with jockey Gabriel Saez (C) races in the pack with Cowboy Cal with jockey John Velazquez (L) and Bob Black Jack with jockey John Velazquez (13) during the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 2008. Eight Belles broke both front ankles after crossing the finish line and had to be euthanized. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES)
Eight Belles stands outside his stall
Kentucky Derby hopeful Eight Belles stands outside his stall at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 2008. The 134th running of the Kentucky Derby will be held May 3. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES)
Places the colors for filly Eight Belles
Trainer J. Larry Jones places the colors for filly Eight Belles in gate 5 during the post position draw for the Kentucky Derby horse race, in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, April 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Exercise rider Gabriel Saez
Exercise rider Gabriel Saez takes Kentucky Derby hopeful Eight Belles for a workout for the 134th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Filly Eight Belles makes a face
Filly Eight Belles makes a face as she gets a bath outside Barn 43 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 26, 2008. Holding the Kentucky Derby hopeful is Cindy Jones, wife of trainer J. Larry Jones. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Horses competing in the Cheltenham Festival
Horses competing in the Cheltenham Festival are ridden out on the gallops at Cheltenham in southwest England on March 13, 2006. The four-day race meet begins Tuesday and culminates on Friday with the Cheltenham Gold Cup. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)
Khafre Pyramid
People ride horses as at the backround is seen the Khafre Pyramid, left and the Khufu Piramid right at the historical site of Giza near Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. The Pyramids are Egypts main tourist attraction and hundreds of thousands of people visit them every year. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Horses compete in a river-crossing race
Horses compete in a river-crossing race at a river in San Fernando de Apure, some 400 km (250 miles) south from Caracas, Venezuela April 9, 2006. Over 35 horses participated in the swimming race that recreated old river-crossing customs on the margins of the Apure River. Each team is made up of a jockey, a boatman, and a horse; they train for more than two months for this 400m (1300 feet) race. Over ten million bolÃvares ($4,600) are distributed to the winners. Picture taken April 9. (REUTERS/Francesco Spotorno)
Filly Eight Belles gallops at Churchill Downs
Filly Eight Belles gallops at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 26, 2008 with trainer J. Larry Jones aboard. Eight Belles is still a possible entrant in the Kentucky Derby.(AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Przewalski’s horses enjoy their new surroundings
Two female and one male Przewalski’s horses enjoy their new surroundings at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park 23 May 2006. Keepers transferred four mares from one exhibit to another at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park as part of a transportation renovation project. The females were released into what was previously a zebra exhibit, where a male Przewalski’s horse awaited. The move is part of a coordinated effort to place the Park’s Asian animals in one region and the African animals in another in order to offer passengers a voyage through the two continents once the new transportation system is completed. The Przewalski’s horse, originally found in Asia, is the only true wild horse in existence. The Przewalski’s horse is an endangered species that became extinct in the wild, but with reproduction and reintroduction programs zoos, including the Wild Animal Park, are succeeding in maintaining this species. AFP PHOTO/Zoological Society of San Diego/Ken BOHN
Horses workout on a muddy track
Horses workout on a muddy track after a night of heavy rain storms at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 2006. The 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby will be held May 6. (REUTERS/John Sommers II)
A dead horse near the pyramids
A man walks horses past the carcass of a dead horse near the pyramids in Cairo March 11, 2006. REUTERS/Victoria Hazou
Kentucky Derby winner's circle
Horses pass in front of the Kentucky Derby winner's circle during morning workouts at Churchill Downs in Louisville Ky. , Friday, May 5, 2006. The 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Two horses take to the track
Two horses take to the track during an early morning workout at Churchill Downs, Friday, May 5, 2006, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photos/Charlie Reidel)
Kentucky Colonel
"Kentucky Colonel" Charles M. Matasich wears a hat made of roses while watching horses in the paddock at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2006. The 132nd Kentucky Derby will be run later in the day. (REUTERS/Brandon Benson)
Yum! brands for the first time
Lead outrider Greg Blasi leads horses for the first race of the day out of the paddock at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Saturday , May 6, 2006. The Kentucky Derby has a presenting sponsor for the first time in it's history, Yum! brands (AP Photo/Joe Imel)
Pinto Mares
Pinto mares are corralled into the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Posse Arena Thursday, May 18, 2006, in Albuquerque, N.M. About 80 wild horses and burros will be made available for adoption Friday and Saturday. The Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro adoption program travels throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. The majority of the horses come from Nevada, but about 10 horses available this weekend are from a Soccorro herd. Competitive bidding begins Friday at 10 a.m. Minimum adoption fee for each wild horse and burro is $125. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Marla Brose)
Opera Pampa show in Buenos Aires
An actor dressed as an Indian rides his horse while performing at the Opera Pampa show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 30, 2006. Opera Pampa, is a spectacle that features more than 20 authentic gauchos, 26 horses and a cast of more than 30 dancers. For outsiders, the show is a dose of Argentine History 101 and for Argentines it's a refresher course. The eight-act play begins with the Calchaqui people in the Andes and continues to Spanish colonization, independence, and civil wars _ highlighting the role of horses. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Yabusame festival in Tokyo April 15, 2006
A Japanese archer of ancient yabusame archery, dressed as a samurai warrior, aims his bow and arrow at a target as he rides a horse at full gallop during the Yabusame festival in Tokyo April 15, 2006. Yabusame was encouraged by the ancient shogun as a necessary accomplishment for a samurai in a strict ceremony. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Wild Horse Adoption
H.D. Criswell, hangs on his truck as wild horses are unloaded and corralled into the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Posse Arena Thursday, May 18, 2006, in Albuquerque, N.M., where they will be up for adoption Friday and Saturday. Two trucks unloaded about 80-wild horses that once roamed free on public lands in the West. The Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro adoption program travels throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico.
Wild horses run through the gates to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Posse Arena, where they will be up for adoption Friday and Saturday. These horses are among 80 wild horses and burros, available for adoption, that once roamed free on public lands in the West. The Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro adoption program travels throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. The majority of the horses come from Nevada, but about ten horses available this weekend are from a Soccorro herd. Competitive bidding begins Friday at 10 a.m. Minimum adoption fee for each wild horse and burro is $125. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Marla Brose)
Keiren Fallon dismounts Horatio Nelson
As the pack gallop towards the finish line, Keiren Fallon dismounts Horatio Nelson, background, after the horse reportedly broke a leg in the 2006 Derby, at the Epsom Downs race course, England, Saturday June 3, 2006.( AP Photo //Max Nash)
Blake spends his days exercising horses
Actor Robert Blake hugs and works with a horse named Cowboy, Friday, March 17, 2006, at an Arabian horse ranch in Malibu, Calif. A year after his acquittal in his wife's murder and four months after a civil jury held him liable for the same killing, Blake spends his days exercising horses and planning his acting comeback. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Barbaro is lead onto the track
Kentucky Derby hopeful Barbaro is lead onto the track by trainer Michael Matz (R) for morning work-out 02 May, 2006 for the 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Derby will be held on 06 May, 2006 (AFP PHOTO/JEFF HAYNES)
Royal Blue Boon and its clone the same genetics
Royal Vista Southwest Veterinarian James Bailey a clone of prize cutting horse Royal Blue Boon at the horse breeding facility in Purcell, Okla., Thursday, March 16, 2006. Royal Blue Boon has performance earnings of $381,764 and her offspring have earned $2.5 million. Bailey, a veterinarian at the farm that provided horses to carry the cloned embryos provided by ViaGen, said the University of California Davis genetics lab has confirmed that Royal Blue Boon and its clone, born Feb. 19, share the same genetics. (AP Photo)
The first commercial cloning
In this 2006 photo released by ViaGen, Inc., Royal Blue Boon (R) is held by her owner Elaine Hall as they meet the mare's clone at Royal Vista Southwest farm in Purcell, Oklahoma. ViaGen announced 30 March, 2006, that it had cloned two champion horses, had started multiple clone pregnacies and was planning more cloned horses in the next year. ViaGen said in a stement this will be the first commercial cloning operation in the US. Man at right is unidentified. (AFP PHOTP/VIAGEN, INC./SALLY HARRISON)
Royal Blue Boon
Elaine Hall poses for a photo with her prize cutting horse, Royal Blue Boon, at Royal Vista Southwest in Purcell, Okla., Thursday, March 16, 2006. Royal Blue Boon has performance earnings of $381,764 and her offspring have earned $2.5 million. James Bailey, a veterinarian at the horse breeding facility that provided horses to carry the cloned embryos provided by ViaGen, said the University of California Davis genetics lab has confirmed that Royal Blue Boon and a clone, born Feb. 19, share the same genetics. (AP Photo)
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