Four horses, including Kentucky Derby entrant Wild on Ice, have died in the last week. Churchill Downs released a statement about the deaths, calling them “completely unacceptable.”
With just days to go until the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, horse racing is dealing with staggeringly grim news coming from Churchill Downs. Four horses, including Derby entrant Wild on Ice, have died in the last week.
Joseph has Derby entrant Lord Miles, as well as several other horses scheduled to race this week, but told SI that he was so uneasy that he might consider scratching the horses.
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