By Sharon Vega as published on One Green Planet Horse racing is a cruel sport in which horses are exploited and treated like commodities rather than living beings. They are bred in dangerous ways to try to get faster horses with certain body shapes and sizes. They’re also […]
Source: CBSLA Another horse has died at Santa Anita Park, increasing the number of racing or training deaths going back to the 2018 season to 69, and 33 since December. A 5-year-old gelding named Kentucky Colonel collapsed and died from an apparent heart attack after jogging around the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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