by Jack Baer as published on Yahoo News Whatever they’re doing to fix the Santa Anita racetrack, it does not appear to be completely working. Arms Runner, a five-year-old gelding, had to be put down Sunday after severely injuring his front right leg in a fall on Santa […]
By John Cherwa / LA Times “I believe today’s horse is more precocious, more brilliant at 2-years-old and 3 than they used to be, but they’re also more fragile…” Santa Anita is inching toward its projected March 29 opening after having closed for live racing on March 5 […]
Source: Re-blogged from Patrick Battuello of Horseracing Wrongs According to official CHRB statistics, in the 11-year period 7/1/07-6/30/18 Santa Anita averaged 50 dead race horses annually In the wake of 23 dead horses since Christmas, Santa Anita cancelled racing yesterday and is closed indefinitely. But let’s identify this […]
Source: KTLA Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that racing won’t be held […]
Source: By Janelle Griffith as published on NBC News It is the 20th horse racing death at Santa Anita Park since Dec. 26… A famed Southern California thoroughbred track had its 20th horse death in just over two months after a 4-year-old filly suffered a serious injury during […]
Source: CBS News “Last Saturday, Breeders’ Cup winner Battle of Midway sustained a fatal injury during a workout…” California’s Santa Anita horse-racing track has been closed for evaluation since Monday in the wake of 19 horse deaths during the past two months. The 19 fatalities during the winter […]
By Marc Cota-Robles as published on ABC7.com “Horse racing continues to take it’s toll…” ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) — The main track at Santa Anita is under inspection on Tuesday amid a spike in horse deaths at the track. Nineteen horses have died over a two-month span – the […]
by Daniel Ross as published on The Guardian The US racing industry has stepped up its game significantly when it comes to re-homing its retired equine athletes in recent years, but there’s still plenty of work to be done Dina Alborano rescues ex-racehorses bound for slaughter. A savvy […]
Patrick Battuello, Horseracings Wrongs I want to be crystal clear on the change we seek (and perhaps aid in the planning of future “horse racing industry symposiums”). There is no “middle ground” to be had. We are not looking for a mere seat at the table or to […]
By Steve Almasy, CNN “A total of 4,649 thoroughbreds…died in racetrack-related incidents from 2009 to 2015…” Two racehorses died Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness Stakes to be held later in the day. Homeboykris collapsed after the first race of the day while walking back […]
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