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The gelding Spectacular Music suffered a pelvis
injury in a race on Sunday and was euthanized on Monday, the Los
Angeles Times and other media reported, citing racetrack
officials.
It follows the death on Friday of three-year-old gelding
Commander Coil, which suffered a fatal shoulder injury while
training at the venue and became the 24th horse to die since
Dec. 26, NBC News and other media reported.
In March, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
launched an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding horse
deaths at the park, one of America's premiere thoroughbred
tracks, in Arcadia about 15 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
The district attorney's office created a task force to
investigate training and veterinary practices.
Racing at Santa Anita Park was suspended for about two weeks in
March, while the main track was tested for safety, and reopened
with new rules for both track safety and veterinary practices,
track officials previously said.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a
statement late on Monday about the latest two horse deaths,
acknowledging the new safety measures but calling for more
action.
"Two dead horses in three days proves that more must be done to
end training and veterinary practices that lead to broken
bones," the organization, which is pushing for stricter laws
governing horse racing, said in the statement.
In an unrelated incident, a three-year-old filly named Congrats
Gal collapsed and died after racing at Pimlico Race Course in
Baltimore on May 17, a day before the Preakness Stakes, the
second leg of the Triple Crown.
The cause of death was not immediately reported by officials.
(Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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