Episode
The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses
Overview
Churchill Downs, the cathedral of horse racing, turned into a horse graveyard at last year's Kentucky Derby. This film explores the sport beneath the pageantry, where a quest for faster horses is causing alarming breakdowns.
Details
- Series
- The New York Times Presents
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2024-04-26
- Runtime
- 66 min
Episode context
Broken Horses is Episode 2 in Season 3 of The New York Times Presents. It aired on 2024-04-26. The runtime is 66 min.
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