Category: Santa Anita

8th Horse Dies From Training Injury at Santa Anita Park This Year

November 22, 2022
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ARCADIA, Calif.—A 2-year-old colt who had not yet had a race died while training at Santa Anita Park, state horse racing officials announced. Majestic Sam died Nov. 19 after suffering an unspecified training injury at the Arcadia track. The website Equibase shows that he completed a workout that day and recorded the seventh-fastest time out…

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Horse Dead, Jockey Injured After Collision at Santa Anita Park

October 23, 2022
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ARCADIA, Calif.—A 3-year-old gelding has died after he was bumped by another horse at Santa Anita Park, dumping his jockey, who was taken to a hospital for evaluation, state horse racing officials told City News Service. Heaven’s Music had 17 career races, including a first-place finish at Santa Anita in May. He was hit by…

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Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Dies During Workout at Santa Anita

December 6, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby-winning horse that failed a drug test afterward and cast a cloud over the victory, died Dec. 6 during a workout at Santa Anita race track. “Following the completion of a routine morning workout, Medina Spirit collapsed on the track at Santa Anita Park and died suddenly of a probable…

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Derby Winner Medina Spirit Collapses, Dies in California

December 6, 2021
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout Monday at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert had just completed five furlongs in his second workout since finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic a month ago at Del Mar, according to Craig Robertson, Baffert’s attorney. Baffert said in a…

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Four Horses Die at Southland Race Tracks in Four Days

October 19, 2021
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CYPRESS, Calif.—Four racehorses have died at Southland tracks in the last week, with two racing deaths at Los Alamitos, and one training death and one death listed as other at Santa Anita. Luca’s Ride, a 4-year-old gelding with two career races, was vanned off after Sunday’s second race at Los Alamitos and later died. He…

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