LOS ANGELES—Three more racehorses have died from racing or training injuries at Southern California tracks, state horse racing officials announced July 3.
Two of the fatal injuries occurred at Santa Anita, and one at Los Alamitos, the California Horse Racing Board reported.
Twentyseventrouts—a 6-year-old bay mare with eight career starts and one first-place finish—was leading Sunday’s third race at Los Alamitos Race Course when she suffered a catastrophic injury down the stretch and fell face-first to the turf.
She is the eighth horse to die from a racing or training injury at the Cypress track this calendar year….