The horse death toll at Churchill Downs since April 27 has reached a dozen after Kimberley Dream was euthanized following the track's first race Saturday.
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from PETA shows an ambulance driving up to the horse and employees putting up a curtain to hide him, presumably so doctors could put him down. He was 7 years old in his 35th race. In her last five races, Kimberley Dream had lost by 19, 32½, 14½, 31 and 33 lengths, the Los Angeles Times notes. From April 27 to the Kentucky Derby May 6, seven horses died from either injuries or collapsing on the track. Two of those horses died in the undercard of the Derby, and another, Wild on Ice, was supposed to run in the race"It is with absolute dismay and sorrow that we report this highly unusual statistic,"Saturday.
"We do not accept this as suitable or tolerable and share the frustrations of the public and, in some cases, the questions to which we do not yet have answers. We have been rigorously working … to understand what has led to this spike and have yet to find a conclusive [discernible] pattern as we await the findings of ongoing investigations into these injuries and fatalities.
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