The Rillito Park racetrack opened last weekend after a year closed from COVID—and had to deal with four horse deaths in that first weekend.
There’s a lot of horseracing history at Rillito Park. The horses are running again after a break due to COVID but over this weekend four horses ran into trouble there and ended up put down.
Rory Goree’ chairs the Arizona Racing Commission. He saw the injured horses at Rillito. He says he’s speaking for himself, not the commission when he calls for reforms like high tech x-rays to routinely examine horses before they race and fewer races so horses have more time to rest.“I felt that they had done the best job that they could. But if the horses that are coming to run are run too much or have pre existing conditions. You could have the best track surface in the world.
Doctor Mary Scollay spent 30 years as a racetrack veterinarian for tracks and for regulating agencies. She says tracks have important roles in horse safety but everyone who works with the horse has a responsibility to note injuries that could become dangerous –especially the trainer who should not be afraid to tell the owner when a horse should not race.
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