A Hall of Fame trainer has been banned from Santa Anita Park after the 4th horse from his stable died, marking the 30th death of a race horse at the track since December, state officials say.
A Hall of Fame trainer was banned from Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles after the fourth horse from his stable died, marking the 30th death of a race horse at the famed track since December, state officials said Saturday.
The horse American Currency was injured while exercising Saturday morning and then euthanized, the California Horse Racing Board said. It was the fourth horse death connected to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer this season, the board said. Santa Anita's Canadian owner, The Stronach Group, responded by banning him. Hollendorfer"is no longer welcome to stable, race or train his horses at any of our facilities,"The trainer, who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2011, did not respond to a request for comment.for risk of injury before they race at Santa Anita. The panel rejected 38 horses that were scheduled to run in the final six days of racing, the board said Saturday in a statement.
for the remainder of the season. Both Newsom and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on racing to be suspended until regulators could determine what was causing the catastrophic horse injuries.
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