Thirty horses died at Santa Anita this season and authorities have called for the track to be shut down — even though this was a safer season than usual.
, 73, a member of the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame, from Santa Anita and its other California tracks. That includes Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, where he's the all-time leading trainer.of San Diego."In our barn, I didn't break any rules or anything like that."The deaths began Dec. 30, when a horse called Psychedelicat — also trained by Hollendorfer — was put down after suffering a fatal injury during a $16,000 claiming race.
The Los Angeles County district attorney is investigating. Gov. Gavin Newsom called for racing to be halted until the problem is somehow solved.Bettors flock to automated wagering machines in the south concourse on Sunday, the final day of the 2018-19 season at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.That assumes there is a"problem," at least in numerical terms. The 2018-19 season at Santa Anita was certainly unusual — but not because so many horses died or were put to death.
Records of the state racing board indicate that 2018-19 was the safest season at Santa Anita since the 2010-11 program, when Santa Anita installed the mile-long dirt track at to replace a synthetic main track. In addition to the 30 confirmed racing or training deaths since Dec. 30, unconfirmed reports from horse racing opponents tallied two other horses that were put to death specifically following injuries during racing or training from July through November,
. If they're confirmed when official figures are released, they would mean 32 horses died or were euthanized during the July 2017-to-June 2018 fiscal year, the reporting period for the state racing board.
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