CQ Covergirl injured both of her front legs while running on the facility's training track and was subsequently euthanized. 'If horse racing ever needed a three strikes rule, it's now,' said PETA's Kathy Guillermo.
LIBBY CATHEY: ‘A fifth horse has died at Santa Anita this fall, the 35th fatality at the famed Southern California race track since Dec. 26, officials said Friday. Six-year-old mare CQ Covergirl injured both of her front legs while running on the facility’s training track Friday and was subsequently euthanized on the recommendation of the attending veterinarian…
“If horse racing ever needed a three strikes rule, it’s now,” said PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo said in a statement late Friday. “Trainer Phil D’Amato’s training and medication records need to be investigated and released to the public and the horses still in his barn should be thoroughly examined”…
In March, Santa Anita Park declared a zero-tolerance policy for race-day medications, which may harm horses by pushing them beyond their bodies’ physical capacities. In the same month, the California Horse Racing Board voted to limit whips in horse racing.
Then in June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law allowing the racing board to immediately suspend racing licenses to protect the safety of horses and riders, as a response to the climbing horse deaths at Santa Anita… Both the California Horse Racing Board and the L.A. District Attorney’s Office are conducting investigations into the spike of horse fatalities at Santa Anita’. SOURCE…
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