The 145th Kentucky Derby is the sport’s first nationally spotlighted event since it came under increased scrutiny over a rash of horse deaths at the Santa Anita track in California.
By Chuck Culpepper Chuck Culpepper Reporter who covers national college football, college basketball, tennis, golf and international sports. Email Bio Follow May 3 at 7:28 PM LOUISVILLE — The kaleidoscope of Kentucky Derby weekend escaped year-long closets again Friday and flooded the Kentucky Oaks racing day long adored by Louisvillians. Women wore shoes of daredevil heights.
As to whether this weekend constitutes something of a recovery, Smith said, “I think it will, definitely. Without a doubt. I know it will.”“It was so unusual and horrible, what happened at Santa Anita,” said Kenny Rice, in his 20th year broadcasting horse racing for NBC. “I don’t know anyone who remembers anything like it.”
The ongoing mystery at Santa Anita and scrutiny from lawmakers and animal rights advocates appeared to nudge the sport toward a new, transitional paradigm. As Tim Sullivan of the Louisville Courier-Journal reported, Churchill Downs has lost 43 thoroughbreds to racing injuries since 2016, or 2.42 per 1,000 starts, 50 percent higher than the national average. Some of the proposed changes at both Santa Anita and Churchill Downs involve a phasing-out of Lasix, the diuretic and anti-bleeding medication long used in horse racing. Others wondered whether the sport needed to change anything other than the Santa Anita track surface.
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