The legendary home of the Kentucky Derby moves the remainder of its meet to Ellis Park after 12 horses die on the track since April 27.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has reached out to the California Horse Racing Board for help in the spike of recent horse deaths at Churchill Downs.when in the week-and-a-half before the race nine horses died and five more were scratched mostly because of potential health issues. Since then, three more have died.
Churchill also instituted a few measures to try to mitigate the possibility of deaths. It cut the purse structure so that only the top five runners in a race would earn money, under the idea that marginal horses would not be entered. It also restricted horses to no more than four races in eight weeks, a mostly symbolic move as so few horses try and accomplish that, especially at Churchill Downs.
Dr. Jeff Blea, equine medical director of the California Horse Racing Bard, did not address the situation with this horse specifically, but told The Times that horses with those past performances would “be a significant concern, [and] raise a red flag.”Bob Baffert wins the Hollywood Gold Cup for a record ninth time with Defunded, but a spike in horse racing deaths remains a problem for the sport.
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