Santa Anita canceled live racing Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic after instructions from the Los Angeles County Health Department. The track in Arcadia, California, was preparing to stage eight races when the cancellation was announced about 30 minutes before the first race. It’s not immediately known when racing will be allowed to resume. “We’re in talks with the...

An executive with the company that owns Santa Anita urged the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday to continue live racing despite a statewide stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Santa Anita in Arcadia, outside Los Angeles, and Golden Gate Fields in the San Francisco Bay area are among a handful of U.S. tracks continuing to...

Drayden Van Dyke hopped off Charlatan after winning the sixth race by 10 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday and celebrated by trading elbow taps in the winner’s circle. No traditional post-race handshakes during the coronavirus pandemic. The jockey, like all riders at the Southern California track where no fans were in attendance, had already had his temperature taken….

A months-long investigation by state regulators into the deaths of 23 horses at Santa Anita racetrack in 2018-19 found no evidence of illegal medications or procedures, but determined most of the horses had “pre-existing pathology” at the site their fatal injuries occurred, according to a report released Tuesday. The California Horse Racing Board investigation also found that 39% of the…

The trainer of champion Maximum Security is among more than two dozen people charged in what authorities describe as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster

5-year-old gelding named Chosen Vessel has become the ninth horse to die since the racing season at Santa Anita Park began Dec. 26, according to officials at the race track in Arcadia. The horse suffered a fracture of the left front ankle Saturday during the ninth race of the Santa Anita Breeders Cup and was transported to the Equine Hospital…

Two horses suffered fatal injuries this weekend at Los Alamitos Race Course, state horse racing officials confirmed Sunday. Both deaths occurred on Friday. Radio Tim, a 3-year-old gelding, was injured during Friday’s first race, “necessitating euthanasia,” Mike Marten, public information officer for the California Horse Racing Board, told City News Service. And Street Machine, a 5-year-old gelding, was injured...

Trainer Mick Ruis sued the California Horse Racing Board on Monday, alleging it intentionally failed to discharge its public duty when the board hid and subsequently dismissed Justify’s positive drug test in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. Ruis trained and owned Bolt d’Oro, who finished second in the race, the West Coast’s major prep for the Kentucky Derby. Santa...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today made a series of recommendations aimed at improving safety at California race tracks, but concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing connected to the deaths of dozens of horses over the past year at Santa Anita Park.

Two horses died after the first race at Los Alamitos Race Course Saturday, adding to the death toll in a year that has seen increased scrutiny of the sport in Southern California.

Jockey John Velazquez set a record with his 660th career graded stakes victory in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, and added his 661st three races later.

Santa Anita Park will begin its 23-day autumn racing meet Friday under intense scrutiny prompted by the deaths of 31 horses at the track since late December.

The autumn racing season began under intense scrutiny after 31 horses have died at Santa Anita Park since late December. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA at 6 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

Justify won the Preakness Stakes and is now just one win away from becoming the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown.

If one local animal commissioner has his way, Los Angeles will soon become the first major city in the country to ban all activities related to horse racing.

Despite concerns over a spate of horse deaths at the track during its recently concluded meet, the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will still be held at Santa Anita racetrack this November, organizers announced Thursday.

Days after Santa Anita concluded a racing meet marred by the deaths of 30 horses, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday giving the California Horse Racing Board authority to suspend racing at a track to protect horses or riders.

Santa Anita Park will conclude its winter meet Sunday amid a protest calling for an end to horse racing because of the deaths of 30 horses at the track during the past six months.

The horse was trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, a horse racing Hall of Famer who was banned from Santa Anita later Saturday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday called for the California Horse Racing Board “to ensure that no horse races until they are examined by independent veterinarians and found fit to compete.”