It was a bloody racing season at Santa Anita this winter race season. 28 horses lost their lives, then the owner's claimed that reforms were in place. And then two more horses died. Unacceptable.
How did 30 horses die at Santa Anita racetrack?
30 horses died over the course of a winter racing season at Santa Anita track from either racing or training. Four under one trainer.
Do All Race Horses Die Racing?
Out of an estimated 49,000 horses total racing in the U.S. last year, 493 thoroughbreds died in racing. This seems like a lot in a sport that doesn't seem to be violent. Not all race horses die racing, nor should they.
How many is too much?
In early June 2019, the California Horse Racing Board asked the Santa Anita owners to stop racing at their horse track. At that time, 28 horses had died there. The Santa Anita owners refused to shut down the horse track. Instead, they insisted that they had reforms in place. Even after these reforms were in place, an additional two more horses died.
Now people are wondering why the owners of Santa Anita horse racing track are allowing the senseless harm of race horses. Horse trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is under scrutiny. Four of the 30 horses that died were his, including the very last horse to die at Santa Anita horse racing track --Currency.
Even with all of the so-called reforms in place at Santa Anita racetrack, horses still continued to die.
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