A second horse has died at Santa Anita Park since the beginning of the year

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9. They undoubtedly have the horse insured

So having the horse euthanized because of a broken leg gives them money to go buy a new horse! Racehorses aren't pets. They're investments.

Racetracks could reduce horse fatalities by 40% switching from dirt to synthetic tracks but suggest that to horse racing fans and you'd think you suggested the eat their first born. Horses run slower on grass and synthetic. More speed means more excitement, even if it means hundreds more racehorses die every year.

"Synthetic tracks have shown a lower fatality rate than dirt tracks every year since the Equine Injury Database, or EID, was launched in July of 2008, and they have lost horses at a lower rate than turf courses in eight of those 10 years. Overall, synthetic tracks have averaged 1.2 fatalities per 1,000 starts; turf has averaged 1.47 and dirt 1.97."

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2019/07/01/horse-racing-deaths-could-lessened-with-artificial-racetracks/1579341001/