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Santa Anita Ends Racing Over COVID-19

Posted on March 28, 2020
in United States Horse Racing News

Santa Anita has called racing off because of the coronavirus 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 on Friday (Saturday AEDT). There has been no time frame set for when racing will be allowed to resume at[...]

Posted on March 12, 2020
in United States Horse Racing News

Illegal medications are not a factor in the deaths of 23 racehorses at Santa Anita Park, according to the California Horse Racing Board. The CHRB said in a report, 39 per cent of the fatalities were on track surfaces affected by wet weather. The report comes after US prosecutors criminally charged 27 trainers, veterinarians, drug[...]

Posted on January 15, 2020
in United States Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Ruis is suing the California Horse Racing Board alleging it intentionally failed to discharge its public duty when it hid and subsequently dismissed Justify's positive drug test in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. Ruis trained and owned Bolt d'Oro who finished second in the race, the West Coast's major lead-up to the Kentucky[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in United States Horse Racing News

Tensions have been running high at troubled Santa Anita Park ahead of the Breeders' Cup meeting. Thirty six horses have died at the famed Southern California venue since the season began in late December and although the track's safety record has improved since it implemented drug reforms in March, some trainers are still feeling uneasy.[...]

Posted on October 24, 2019
in United States Horse Racing News

Leading trainers competing at the Breeders' Cup meeting are confident Santa Anita will be safe for their horses despite a surge of deaths at the famed Southern California racetrack. Thirty four horses have perished at the Stronach Group-owned venue over the past 11 months with the latest three-year-old gelding Satchel Paige on Saturday. Santa Anita[...]

Posted on September 30, 2019
in United States Horse Racing News

A three-year-old colt has become the 32nd horse to die at Santa Anita since December after being euthanised when he sustained a catastrophic injury in a race. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the autumn meeting at Santa Anita where the Breeders' Cup will[...]

Posted on September 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, United States Horse Racing News

Californian racing authorities have defended their handling of a positive swab returned by Justify in the Santa Anita Derby before he went on to win the Triple Crown. The California Horse Racing Board, which dismissed the case, says any inquiry into the Santa Anita Derby would not have been completed before Justify ran in the[...]

Posted on June 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A second horse in two days and 29th in the past few months has died at Santa Anita where management has chosen to continue racing. Truffalino collapsed in the final stages of the third race on turf on Sunday. A track spokesman says the three-year-old filly died of a heart attack. She was trained by[...]

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