![]() ![]() "Everyone in the industry wants to make racing as safe as possible," Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday. ![]() The question for now is how the stunning occurrence of fatal injuries at the cathedral of horse racing affects the sport during its height of visibility with the Preakness and Belmont Stakes following over the next month. A set of regulations are scheduled to take effect May 22. Those deaths shook up the industry and resulted in safety reforms such as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), which established a similarly lettered organization that set uniform safety and doping rules for thoroughbreds. This spate of incidents comes four years after more than 30 horses died at Santa Anita racetrack in California. A raging thunderstorm that washed out activities Sunday morning at Churchill Downs symbolized the dark clouds hanging over the Triple Crown after a troubling string of horse deaths. Five sustained catastrophic leg injuries, while two succumbed suddenly from causes yet to be determined. Freezing Point and Chloe's Dream were euthanized after injuries before Saturday's Kentucky Derby that was ultimately won by Mage. ![]() Seven horses have died at the track since April 27, including Derby entrant Wild On Ice. ![]()
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