{"id":1943212,"date":"2023-06-02T19:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horse-racing-churchill-downs-to-suspend-racing-amid-safety-review\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:17:15","slug":"horse-racing-churchill-downs-to-suspend-racing-amid-safety-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horse-racing-churchill-downs-to-suspend-racing-amid-safety-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Churchill Downs to halt horse racing for safety review."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhorse-racing-churchill-downs-to-suspend-racing-amid-safety-review%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Churchill Downs Suspends Racing for Safety Review After 12 Horse Deaths<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Churchill Downs on Friday said it would suspend racing as it conducts a \u201ctop-to-bottom\u201d safety review following the death of 12 horses at the famed Kentucky track in the past month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dale-earnhardt-jr-and-jeff-burton-join-cars-tour-as-new-owners\/\" title=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Jeff Burton Join CARS Tour as New Owners\">halt racing<\/a> from June 7 through the remainder of the Spring Meet, which concludes on July 3, comes after investigations by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), Churchill Downs, and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission failed to identify a reason for the spike in equine fatalities, which overshadowed last month\u2019s Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n<p>HISA\u2019s track surface expert submitted his review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-horses-dead-at-churchill-downs-racetracks-ahead-of-kentucky-derby\/\" title=\"4 horses died at Churchill Downs before Kentucky Derby.\">racing surface<\/a> at Churchill Downs earlier on Friday and found there were \u201cno primary areas for concern\u201d and that it was consistent with previous years. Given that the surface does not appear to be the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horse-racing-churchill-downs-to-suspend-racing-amid-safety-review\/\" title=\"Churchill Downs to halt horse racing for safety review.\">animal rights activists questioned<\/a> the logic of moving the races to Ellis Park.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf the track surface was the singular cause of the rash of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horse-racing-implementation-of-anti-doping-program-for-racehorses-in-u-s-delayed\/\" title=\"Horse racing-Implementation of anti-doping program for racehorses in U.S. delayed\">horse deaths<\/a> at Churchill Downs, changing the racing venue might make sense,\u201d said Wayne Pacelle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> of Animal Wellness Action. \u201cBut it\u2019s apparent that there\u2019s more at work here than track surface threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe renew our request that Churchill Downs suspend its racing schedule until there is a proper forensic analysis of the horse deaths and a comprehensive plan to remediate future deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a response, but it feels like a shell-game response.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Racing will continue as scheduled for this weekend, but the remainder of the meet will be relocated to Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Headlines:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New ATF Order Makes Felons Out of Millions of Legal Gun Owners, Says Crime Prevention Research Center President<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Polish Government Faces Backlash Over Holocaust Tweet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former President Trump Acknowledges Classified Pentagon Document About Possible Attack on Iran<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Biden Administration Imposes More Sanctions on Iranians Over Alleged Assassination Plots<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Japan\u2019s Privacy Watchdog Warns Microsoft-Backed Startup OpenAI Over Privacy Concerns<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Republican Chairmen Urge Biden Administration to Reconsider Keystone XL Pipeline Cancellation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>YouTube to Stop Removing Content That Might Spread False Claims Related to 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$415 Million Class-Action Settlement Resolves Claims Against Online Gaming Companies<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churchill Downs will suspend racing for the remainder of the Spring Meet, which ends on July 3, to conduct a safety review after 12 horses died in the past month. 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