Churchill Downs will shut all operations on Sunday, June 4, in the wake of the unprecedented number of equine deaths at the track during its legendary spring meeting. The shutdown is meant to allow a broader investigation into the possible causes of the dozen deaths. Ten of the twelve deaths have been assessed as the results of racing or training leg injuries, but the sheer number of breakdowns and the extreme rarity of one track experiencing that number in such a short amount of time is moving the needle to this place: A shutdown is necessary.
Following an emergency summit called earlier in the week by the
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