Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles rejects request from state regulators to close even the number of horses that have died or been put to death since Christmas rose to 29 in recent days
LOS ANGELES — Santa Anita Park will continue with its race schedule, rejecting a request from state regulators to close even as the deaths of three more horses were reported in the last five days., a leading thoroughbred racing industry journal, and The Associated Press reported Sunday that a horse sustained a fractured pelvis during a race on Saturday and was later euthanized. Then, on Sunday, another collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack during a turf race.
After the first death of the weekend on Saturday, the California Horse Racing Board, or CHRB, said in a statement that it"recommended to Santa Anita management that they suspend racing for the seven remaining race days but that they allow horses to continue to train during that period." In a statement Sunday night, the Stronach Group, the owner of Santa Anita Park, confirmed that the track would remain open"to see these reforms through," a reference to a series of changes the track has made since December,the administration of most drugs and the use of whips during races except for safety reasons.
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