This past spring my mare Silver and I entered a show jumping competition. We were approaching a large double oxer in the jump-offs when disaster struck. Somehow Silver got her back legs tangled in the fencing and the mom ...
Santa Anita Park has seen its share of bad publicity and it appears that is continuing after recording its fourth horse death since the beginning of 2022. Despite safety improvements to the track 17 horses died in 2020, and 12 in 2021. During Easter weekend racing a spill resulte ...
ESPN is offering a series of podcasts called Bloodlines, examining how the horses deaths at Santa Anita Park trace back to the beginnings of horse racing in North America. The three part series explores the history of racing, what happens when a horse dies during a race, and how ...
Twenty-seven people have been charged in a racehorse doping scandal that has international connections. After an FBI investigation, it was discovered veterinarians, top trainers including the trainer of last year’s Kentucky Derby contender. ...
Santa Anita Park can’t shake scrutiny, and now, after three horses have died after one weekend questions are being asked again. Two horses shattered pasterns during racing and one was euthanized after an unspecified injury during training. A total of five horses have died in the ...
The public may be more aware of the negative side of horse racing as the number of race horse deaths at Santa Anita and other tracks becomes publicized. Now, USA Today has shone an unflattering light on another dark side of the sport. While the public focus may be on track deaths ...
Governor Newsome of California is calling for a moratorium on racing until all horses have been examined by an independent team of experts. Despite calls to close down the track and suspend racing following the 29th horse death on the track since December 26, 2018, racing has con ...
After only two days of racing another horse has suffered fatal injuries at Santa Anita racetrack. Santa Anita was shut down March 5 and during the shut down, investigations into why twenty-two horses suffered fatal break downs since the middle of December were conducted. ...
Horse racing has resumed at Santa Anita Park. Racing was temporarily suspended following the fatal breakdowns of twenty-two horses in less than sixteen weeks. That is over double the number that died in the same period last year. The track closed March 5, and since that time, off ...
The farther time takes us from 1955, the less people who have seen this legend exist. Few people remember Silky Sullivan, the best come-from-behind race horse to ever live!
Silky Sullivan was a chestnut thoroughbred, foaled on February 28th. His sire was Sullivan, a big Englis ...
Coming up this evening is the 136th Kentucky Derby. When most people think of the Kentucky Derby, they think of the hats, the parties, and the betting. But for most people, it’s just sitting at home watching the race on TV. Either way, the Kentucky Derby is referred to as “the mo ...
We were all waiting for Zenyatta to meet Rachel Alexandra at Oaklawn Park this spring, and what a disappointment it was that we’ll have to keep waiting. Racegoers love these rivalries – anyone remember Affirmed and Alydar? ...
