The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has reached out to the California Horse Racing Board for help in the spike of recent horse deaths at Churchill Downs.
The two spoke Tuesday with the major topic being the post-entry panel that California uses to screen horses that possibly shouldn’t be racing.
“She generally wanted to know about our experiences in 2019,” Chaney said. “It stemmed from something [equine medical director] said about how a horse that had the past performances like the one in Kentucky would have been flagged. She wanted to know how the post-entry panel worked and who was on it.”, a 7-year-old mare, was euthanized after suffering a life-ending injury. She had lost her five previous races by a total of 130 lengths. Blea told The Times that a horse with those past performances would raise “significant concerns, [and] raise a red flag.” Kentucky does not have a post-entry review panel.
The conversation came on the same day Lisa Lazarus, chief executive of the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority, had a call with about 40 media members. HISA is conducting an investigation into the deaths at Churchill Downs, including bringing in Dennis Moore, the long time track superintendent at Santa Anita and Del Mar, to examine the safety of the Kentucky track. Among what he possibly will examine is the equipment used to prepare the track and if it is up to date.
Lazarus said that if HISA recommended that the track be shut down, she would expect Churchill Downs to comply. She did not know, however, if HISA has that authority.“We scratched five to eight horses every card,” Chaney said. “That was the experience [in 2019]. But, through time, horsemen learned criteria and risk factors. We saw the behavior of the licensees start to change. They were no longer entering high-risk horses.
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