Santa Anita Park is touting a high rate of safety for the horses that train and race at the facility in the wake of the latest death on its main track.
reported. However, it was the first death on the main track, where the majority of the deaths in 2019 occurred, according to the park.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
In 2019, horses raced or trained at the facility more than 420,000 times at a safety rate of 99.99%, according to the park.Since Jan. 3, when the only other horse in 2020 died on the main track, 9,245 horses have had a timed workout or raced on the main track without a single incident until Miss Romania's death on Wednesday, which highlights that recent safety measures are working, according to the park.
File photo: Animal rights activists protest horse racing deaths outside Santa Anita Park on Oct. 24, 2019, in Arcadia, Calif.
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