Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, announced on Friday that they would suspend racing after 12 horse deaths happened in one month at their famed racetrack.
Race operations at Churchill Downs will cease on June 7, and starting June 10, the remainder of the Spring Meet will take place at Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, the company announced in a news statement.
The company said that even though subsequent investigations had determined"no single factor has been identified as a potential cause and no discernable pattern has been detected to link the fatalities," and"diagnostics testing of the racetrack by experts have not raised concerns," the racetrack needed to be closed.
"What has happened at our track is deeply upsetting and absolutely unacceptable," said Bill Carstanjen, CEO of Churchill Downs in a news statement.
Churchhill Downs suffered a spate of"highly unusual" and"completely unacceptable" equine deaths in May. Four horses week. Two of the horses died from unknown causes when they both suddenly collapsed after completing races. All 12 horses were put down after suffering serious injuries on the racetrack.
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