Santa Anita should stop racing until it knows why horses are dying, says the editorial board (via latimesopinion)
Horses race during Santa Anita Race 6 at Santa Anita Horse Park in Arcadia, Calif. on March 29.
The death toll has come as a sobering wake-up call for people who were unaware how dangerous a sport this is for horses.Was it the rain that poured down on the track? Medication that dulled symptoms of underlying health problems? The Jockey Club, the 125-year old organization that oversees the breeding registry of thoroughbreds in the U.S.
Santa Anita officials, to their credit, have instituted the new medication protocols and other reforms, and when they’re fully in place, they will be some of the strictest in the country. Eventually, all horses at the park will run without Lasix on race days. And anti-inflammatory drugs, which were allowed up to 24 hours before race day will only be allowed 48 hours or more before race day.
Overseas, horses race are not allowed Lasix on race days. And the most common anti-inflammatory drug given to horses — phenylbutazone — may not be administered less than six days before a race in other countries, according to the Jockey Club report. Here in the U.S., some tracks allow that drug to be given to a horse the day before a race. According to the executive director of the Jockey Club, the fatality rate for horses in the U.S.
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