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Arcadia's Santa Anita Park Race Track announces racing closure following 21 horse deaths since December. Racing is suspended immediately and will return at an undetermined date. See hard copy in VF Santa Anita Park 2011-2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35486
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Breeders' Cup back at Santa Anita Park, despite 30 horse fatalities there since late December. Board says venue will not change.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35539
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Another horse dies at Santa Anita Park, the twenty-sixth fatality since December 26. Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, injured in Saturday's sixth race, had to be euthanized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35517
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Racehorse dies at Santa Anita Park during training. His name was Zeke, a 4-year-old gelding and had suffered a pelvic frracture.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35564
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Benson, Dionne
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park race track rejects request from state regulator California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to cancel its last six days of racing this season, in the wake of two more horse deaths over weekend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35524
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Is Breeders' Cup next fatality? Santa Anita Park trips its way to finish line of disastrous meet that saw 30 horse fatalities. Protesters gather outside Santa Anita Park on the final day of the winter/spring meet. Breeders' Cup board meets in New York to decide if it really wants to honor its commitment to Santa Anita Park in November. See also same date, p. B1, B7 "Questions abound as Santa Anita meet ends," by Art Wilson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35530
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park Opening Day this season was December 28, 2019. Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey, rode 4 stakes winners, including Omaha Beach for Grade 1 record. The attendance was 35,085.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike
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Horse racing deaths report delayed. California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), the state regulatory board, aims for January 15 release of investigation of Santa Anita Park incidents. The report was supposed to become public before the end of the year. Several new policies and safety regulations were introduced the past year as a result of a public outcry over the horse deaths at Santa Anita. The state is doing more drug testing, more pre-race exams, improving medical record keeping, pushing for new technology. Santa Anita Park installed a PET Scan machine to help identify pre-existing conditions in the fetlock area of a horse. To date, 37 horses have died at Santa Anita Park since December 2018. Despite the deaths, the equine medical director Rick Arthur stressed that the number of fatalities in California is actually decreasing, saying there have been 58 deaths at race tracks across the state in 2019, compared to 67 deaths in 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arthur, Rick
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Euthanasia
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Horse euthanized two days before new season starts at Santa Anita Park. Truest Reward, a 3-year-old gelding died during a period when the track was closed to workouts but open for jogging and galloping. The horse broke its left front leg on the training track, which is considered the safest surface. This is the 38th horse to die at the track since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35630
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park officials hail dramatic drop in horse fatalities. Officials called the safety record a 62.5% improvement over the previous year and 74% improvement since spring of 2019, when 42 horses died, sparking debate about safety issues at the track and about horse racing in general.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36269
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Newby, Nate
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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2019 Breeders' Cup will be held at Santa Anita Park for the 10th time, after a 2-year hiatus from Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35562
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
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Arcadia's iconic Santa Anita Park hires consultant Dennis Moore to work on the condition of the one mile training track, in the wake of 21 horse deaths since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35487
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is banned from Santa Anita Park after his fourth horse of the meet dies. The horse American Currency sustained an injury to his left front ankle and had to be euthanized. This is the 30th horse fatality since December 26, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35529
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Euthanasia
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Horse trainers
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park suffers 24th horse death of season. Horse "Commander Coil" sustained a fatal shoulder injury and had to be euthanized, despite new safety measures that had been put in place March 15. Trained by Marcelo Polanco and owned by Jose Romero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35443
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Polanco, Marcelo
Romero, Jose
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35635AN
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Senator Dianne Feinstein joins call to end racing meet at Santa Anita Park. She demands suspension after two more horses die, racing total to 29 deaths.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Feinstein, Dianne
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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District Attorney Jackie Lacey finds no crime or wrongdoing in horse deaths. Prosecutor says there is no evidence owners, jockeys or trainers knowingly raced injured animals at Santa Anita Park over the past year. Since July 2018, 56 horses have died at Arcadia race track. Of those, 34 died while running on Santa Anita's main dirt track. Santa Anita Park averages about 2.04 deaths per 1000 racing starts, according to the Jockey Club. The national average in 2018 was 1.68 deaths per 1000 starts. The District Attorney's report includes 27 recommended changes to improve safety and reduce fatalities. See also same story at Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, December 26, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35619
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Lacey, Jackie
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park struggles with additional equine deaths. Three deaths in as many days prompt congressional concerns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35684
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Twenty-fifth horse euthanized at Santa Anita Park since December 26, 2018. The gelding Spectacular Music, that appeared to have suffered a pelvis injury, was euthanized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35513
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Miller, Terry
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park horse deaths initiate congressional, district attorney investigations. Santa Anita Park hopes to return to live racing March 29. D.A. Venusse D. Navid has investigators working with California Horse Racing Board.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35504
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Chu, Judy
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Navid, Venusse D.
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park ready to open 84th winter-spring meet with new turf course. The new turf chute will accommodate sprints up to 6 1/2 furlongs. Nate Newby is the new General Manager, who began as an intern in 2002. COVID-19 repercussions make it difficult to run the track but there have been no fatalities over Santa Anita's main track during afternoon racing in 2020, following a disastrous 2019, when 37 horses had to be euthanized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35870
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2020
Pages
p.B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2020
Pages
p.B6
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Newby, Nate
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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