Source: Multiple A Germ Accomplishes what Millions of Concerned Voices could NOT! Santa Anita canceled live racing Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic after instructions from the Los Angeles County Health Department. The track in Arcadia, California, was preparing to stage eight races when the cancellation was announced […]
By John Cherwa as published on The Los Angles Times The California Horse Racing Board’s investigation into the fatalities last year at Santa Anita validated many of the prevalent theories as to why there was a spike in deaths, but found no smoking gun or overriding reason for what […]
By Jay Croft and Hollie Silverman, as published on CNN Santa Anita Park in California says it euthanized a horse Saturday, bringing to eight the number of equine deaths this year. Chosen Vessel, a 5-year-old gelding, suffered a fracture of the left front ankle while on the turf […]
Joseph Pimentel, Bisnow Los Angeles As horse racing at the iconic Santa Anita Park faces new scrutiny, the city of Arcadia is pushing to come up with a master plan for the 300-acre site, a city official told Bisnow. The privately owned track has weathered a barrage of […]
By JOHN CHERWA as published on The Los Angeles Times Santa Anita had a seventh horse die while training or racing Thursday when Unveiled suffered a fracture to his right front while galloping during morning training. The season started Dec. 26. The incident occurred while the horse was galloping, […]
By Julia Jacobo from ABC News The death of Miss Romania on Wednesday marked the 44th since December 2018. Santa Anita Park is touting a high rate of safety for the horses that train and race at the facility in the wake of the latest death on its […]
By Neil Vigdor as published on the New York Times It was a grim trifecta and a familiar result for Santa Anita Park: Three horses died in three days this past weekend at California’s best known and most scrutinized racetrack. All three horses were euthanized, two after breaking […]
Source: Los Angeles CBS Another racehorse has died after breaking an ankle at Santa Anita Park, just one day after a 5-year-old gelding was euthanized at the Arcadia, CA track. Saturday’s death of Uncontainable is at least the 41st horse death at Santa Anita since December 2018. The […]
by Steve Bittenbender – as published on Casino.org Santa Anita resumed horse racing on Friday, but it entered 2020 under the same shadow that fell over the Southern California track all last year. On the last race of its New Year’s Day card, the track suffered its first […]
as published on KABX ABC 7 The latest racing season at California’s Santa Anita Park is opening with news of yet another horse that was injured and had to be put down. A 3-year-old gelding named Truest Reward was injured while training Thursday morning, according to park officials. […]
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