Editorial: Santa Anita should stop racing until it knows why horses are dying
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Apr 04, 2019
3 minutes
Let's recap the horror of the winter racing season at Santa Anita Park: Horses first began to fall - and die - on the track at the end of December, so officials called in a series of experts who examined the surface and declared it fine. Then more horses died, and the park closed so that experts could return and take another look at the track. They again deemed it fine.
But the deaths continued. When the 21st horse died in early March, the park suspended both training and racing. But training resumed about a
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