2nd horse dies in two days at Santa Anita Park

A 4-year-old colt with five first-place finishes in 14 career races has died at Santa Anita Park, the track's second racehorse death in two days and third in the last six days, state horse racing officials confirmed Sunday.

Colt dies at Santa Anita after training incident

Last Renegade, an unraced 2-year old colt, became the 13th racehorse to die in racing or training-related incidents at Santa Anita this season when he died in a training incident on Friday.

Report: No illegal meds in deaths of horses at Santa Anita

A report released Tuesday by the California Horse Racing Board on a spate of horse deaths at Santa Anita found that no illegal medications were used on the animals and 39% percent of the 23 fatalities occurred on surfaces affected by wet weather.

Ninth horse dies at Santa Anita since December 26

A 5-year-old gelding named Chosen Vessel has become the ninth horse to die since the racing season at Santa Anita Park began Dec.26, 2019 according to officials at the race track in Arcadia.