Kimberley Dream became the 12h horse -- and second in 24 hours -- to be euthanized at Churchill Downs.
Lost in Limbo “significantly injured his left front leg” near the end of Friday’s seventh race at the Kentucky track, Will Farmer, the track’s equine medical director, confirmed to Churchill Downs officials early Saturday.“It is with absolute dismay and sorrow that we report this highly unusual statistic,” Churchill Downs said in.
“We do not accept this as suitable or tolerable and share the frustrations of the public, and in some cases, the questions to which we do not yet have answers. We have been rigorously working since the opening of the meet to understand what has led to this spike and have yet to find a conclusive discernable pattern as we await the findings of ongoing investigations into those injuries and fatalities.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority are investigating the deaths,Darren Rogers, another Churchill Downs spokesperson, said Mick Peterson, the director of the Ag Equine Programs at the University of Kentucky’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, analyzed and researched the track on Tuesday, thePeterson and his team conducted engineering analysis in April, ahead of the Kentucky Derby and the results “were consistent with...
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