Trainer orders drug tests on Eight Belles

STANTON, DE – (AP) The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles has ordered drug testing to be part of the autopsy on the Kentucky Derby runner-up.

Larry Jones wants to dispel rumors the horse may have been on steroids. He guarantees the tests will come back negative. Jones spoke at a news conference at Delaware Park, the site of the filly's first win.

Eight Belles was put down after breaking both front ankles Saturday.

Jones says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is wrong to criticize jockey Gabriel Saez. The animal-rights group says Saez should have known the horse was in trouble and the rider went to the whip too often.