By Michael Brice-Saddler as published on The Washington Post A 4-year-old horse was euthanized after suffering an injury at Santa Anita Park, the historic California racecourse that has garnered widespread attention amid a recent string of equine fatalities. The most recent case involves a 4-year-old gelding named Zeke […]
By Joe Drape as published in the New York Times A spate of horse deaths. An upended Kentucky Derby. And now questions about a Triple Crown winner and performance-enhancing drugs. Horse owners, trainers and racetrack executives are supposed to take care of their athletes, equine and human. When […]
By Sarah Moon and Hollie Silverman as published on CNN Horse trainers and track investigated after Santa Anita deaths Four horses have died in less than a month at a racetrack in California. The latest death was that of a 3-year-old filly named Bri Bri, the Del Mar […]
From our good friends at HorseRAcingWrongs.org In June, Dr. Kraig Kulikowski, renowned equine veterinarian, testified (along with me and several others) before two NYS Senate committees. Highlights and video follow: A two-year-old horse is equivalent to a six-year-old human. A three-year-old horse is equivalent to a nine-year-old human. […]
Source: KTLA.com Two horses were killed in a freak collision at Del Mar during training on the second day of its season The accident occurred Thursday morning when Charge A Bunch, trained by Carla Gaines, threw rider Geovanni Franco, turned sharply and collided with Carson Valley, who was […]
By Chuck Culpepper and Jacob Bogage “Foremost among the core values of the Breeders’ Cup are the safety and integrity of the competition, and we hold ourselves, our host sites and our competitors, to the highest standards of both,” … The 36th Breeders’ Cup, set for Nov. 1-2 at Santa […]
by Cody Benjamin as published on CBS Sports Protesters had long campaigned for an end to the horse racing season at the facilities Less than a month after owners of Santa Anita Park, a Thoroughbred race track in Arcadia, California, kept the facility open despite more than two […]
By Joe Drape and Corina Knoll as published on NYTimes.com Racetracks in the United States have a particular problem with horses dying. Nearly 10 horses a week on average died at American racetracks in 2018… ARCADIA, Calif. — On the morning of March 29, Santa Anita Park was […]
By Dianne Feinstein as published on The Orange County Register This is the only sport in our country where we accept – even expect – athletes to die in competition. There’s no question that horse racing is a spectacle. There are few moments as breathtaking as 20 1,000-pound […]
by Tim Sullivan, Louisville Courier Journal This is no time for neutrality. With horse racing under unprecedented pressure to put its barns in order, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association finally weighed in Wednesday in support of a bill designed to prevent the return of a domestic horse slaughter […]
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